Two years after lockdown: reviewing the effects of COVID‐19 on health services and support for adolescents living with HIV in South Africa

Q van Staden, CA Laurenzi… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Introduction: South Africa's progress towards the 95-95-95 goals has been
significantly slower among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV), among whom antiretroviral …

Exploring the challenges of women taking antiretroviral treatment during the COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown in peri‐urban Harare, Zimbabwe

M Nyashanu, R Chireshe, F Mushawa… - … of Gynecology & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore the challenges of women taking antiretroviral treatment (ART) during
the COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown in a peri‐urban area. Methods An exploratory qualitative …

Do not forget the children: a model‐based analysis on the potential impact of COVID‐19‐associated interruptions in paediatric HIV prevention and care

CF Flanagan, N McCann, J Stover… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected women and children globally, disrupting
antiretroviral therapy (ART) services and exacerbating pre-existing barriers to care for both …

PEPFAR's response to the convergence of the HIV and COVID‐19 pandemics in Sub‐Saharan Africa

R Golin, C Godfrey, J Firth, L Lee, T Minior… - African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic reached the African continent in less than three
months from when the first cases were reported from mainland China. As COVID-19 …

Evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on accessing HIV services in South Africa: a systematic review

CGR Jardim, R Zamani, M Akrami - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Progress has been made towards controlling the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
epidemic in South Africa. However, the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

COVID‐19, HIV and key populations: cross‐cutting issues and the need for population‐specific responses

J Iversen, K Sabin, J Chang, RM Thomas… - African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Key populations at elevated risk to contract or transmit HIV may also be at
higher risk of COVID-19 complications and adverse outcomes associated with public health …

Service delivery challenges in HIV care during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic: results from a site assessment survey across the global IeDEA consortium

E Brazier, R Ajeh, F Maruri, B Musick… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Interruptions in treatment pose risks for people with HIV (PWH) and threaten
progress in ending the HIV epidemic; however, the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on HIV …

'We are not going anywhere': a qualitative study of Kenyan healthcare worker perspectives on adolescent HIV care engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic

LA Enane, E Apondi, C Liepmann, JJ Toromo… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) may be vulnerable to widescale impacts of
the COVID-19 pandemic and to health system responses which impact HIV care. We …

COVID-19 associated changes in HIV service delivery over time in Central Africa: Results from facility surveys during the first and second waves of the pandemic

A Rogers, E Brazier, A Dzudie, A Adedimeji… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted population health around the globe,
directly and indirectly. The objective of this study was to document changes in HIV care …

Adequate funding of comprehensive community‐based programs for key populations needed now more than ever to reach and sustain HIV targets

MC DiCarlo, GA Dallabetta, C Akolo… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Globally, over half of the estimated new HIV infections now occur among key
populations, including men who have sex with men, sex workers, people who inject drugs …