Effect of Covid-19 lockdowns on identification of advanced HIV disease in outpatient clinics in Uganda.
Elizabeth NalintyaPreethiya SekarPaul KavumaJoanita KigoziMartin SsunaPaul KirumiraRose NaluyimaTeopista NamuliFred Turya MusaCaleb P SkipperKathy Huppler HullsiekJayne EllisDavid R BoulwareDavid B MeyaRadha RajasinghamPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
Using data from 67 Ugandan HIV clinics (July 2019-January 2022), we report a 40% (1,005/1,662) reduction in the number of people with HIV presenting to care after August 2021 compared to pre-pandemic levels, with a greater proportion presenting with advanced HIV disease (20% vs. 16% in the pre-Covid period).