Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on the HIV care continuum and related factors in economically disadvantaged nations: an integrated analysis using mixed-methods systematic review.
Emmanuela N OjukwuZahra PashaeiJuliana Cunha MaiaOserekpamen Favour OmobhudeAbdulaziz TawfikYvonne NguyenPublished in: European journal of medical research (2024)
Overall, researchers identified several negative impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on HIV care continuum during pandemic; however, some observations indicated indirect positive impacts on some aspects of HIV care. Decline in HIV care practices during pandemic compared to before pandemic were observed including using preventative methods, counseling and testing, receiving HIV healthcare services, HIV medical appointments, antiretroviral adherence, engagement with treatment, and poor viral suppression. However, in some evidence improvement in ART adherence and PrEP use were observed.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- healthcare
- hiv infected
- coronavirus disease
- hiv positive
- antiretroviral therapy
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- human immunodeficiency virus
- systematic review
- hiv aids
- hiv infected patients
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- primary care
- hepatitis c virus
- meta analyses
- south africa
- mental health
- smoking cessation
- social media
- study protocol
- clinical trial
- skeletal muscle
- health information
- randomized controlled trial