'It's better to treat a COVID patient than a HIV patient': using feminist participatory research to assess women's challenges to access HIV care in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Najmah NajmahSharyn Graham DaviesKusnan KusnanTom Graham DaviesPublished in: Therapeutic advances in infectious disease (2021)
Women's stories around HIV and COVID-19 intersect with conditions such as poverty and discrimination, as well as embedded gender systems, creating overlapping barriers to treatment. Government must challenge this culture by introducing a comprehensive sex and HIV education programme. This would normalise discussions of HIV-related topics, leading to improved health outcomes.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv testing
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- healthcare
- case report
- mental health
- clinical trial
- randomized controlled trial
- study protocol
- pregnancy outcomes
- adipose tissue
- breast cancer risk
- smoking cessation