Struggling, forgotten, and under pressure: a scoping review of experiences of sex workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

SK Brooks, SS Patel, N Greenberg - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected physical, mental, and economic well-being
across the globe and has disproportionately affected certain vulnerable groups. This paper …

Harm reduction and rights-based approaches to reduce monkeypox transmission among sex workers

SA Strathdee, AL Crago, K Shannon - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Although it is currently in short supply, the two-dose JYNNEOS smallpox vaccine (Bavarian
Nordic, Kvistgaard, Denmark) could confer protection for people who are unexposed but at …

Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on HIV prevention and care services among key populations across 15 cities in India: a longitudinal assessment of clinic‐based …

AM McFall, NP Menezes, AK Srikrishnan… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic has threatened to diminish gains in HIV epidemic
control and impacts are likely most profound among key populations in resource‐limited …

[HTML][HTML] Politics of disease control in Africa and the critical role of global health diplomacy: A systematic review

VK Chattu, WA Knight, A Adisesh, S Yaya… - Health Promotion …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Africa is facing the triple burden of communicable diseases, non-
communicable diseases (NCDs), and nutritional disorders. Multilateral institutions, bilateral …

Silver linings: how COVID‐19 expedited differentiated service delivery for HIV

A Grimsrud, P Ehrenkranz… - African Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
As we write this Editorial at the beginning of July 2021, the World Health Organization
(WHO) has reported that the African continent is experiencing its worst week of the COVID …

A scoping review of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people's health in India

V Chakrapani, PA Newman… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Amid incremental progress in establishing an enabling legal and policy environment for
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified people, and people with intersex …

Change of sexual behavior among men who have sex with men before, during and after COVID-19 pandemic in China: a cross-sectional study

S Wang, J Yang, D Niu, Y Hou, L Fei, H Zhao… - BMC Infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction The COVID-19 epidemic control and prevention strategies affected people's
sexual activities and behaviors. Little was known about long-term effects of COVID-19 …

COVID-19 impact on index testing services and programmatic cost in 5 high HIV prevalence Indian districts

R Pollard, A Enugu, S Sriudomporn, J Bell… - BMC infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Background Restrictions to curb the first wave of COVID-19 in India resulted in a decline in
facility-based HIV testing rates, likely contributing to increased HIV transmission and disease …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on HIV testing uptake among key populations enrolled in targeted intervention program in Maharashtra, India

R Parchure, T Darak, P More, V Jori, S Darak… - AIDS and Behavior, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to HIV services globally. We
evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the uptake of HIV testing in the Targeted …

Factors associated with ART interruption during the COVID-19 crisis in Burundi (the EPIC community-based research program)

A Niyongabo, V Villes, R Diagne, J Castro Avila… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
With a national prevalence of 0.9%, Burundi is close to achieving UNAIDS'2025 targets.
Despite this, different types of crises periodically disrupt its HIV health services. The …