HIV AIDS and Covid-19: Two Pandemics Collide in 2020
Although the global focus is dominated by COVID-19, the HIV AIDS pandemic is far from over as it enters its fifth decade. Since the early 1980s, 75.7 million people have got infected with HIV. 32.7 million people have died of AIDS-related ailments. HIV/AIDS remains a significant public health crisis, and only a few states will meet the 90–90–90 treatment goal for 2020.
Much was made of how information systems and support models in the HIV response have helped the COVID-19 response, but the COVID-19 pandemic might have knock-on impacts on the HIV response and be disastrous for communities. How might the COVID-19 outbreak shape the future HIV/AIDS response towards attaining the objective of finishing HIV/AIDS by 2030?
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