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. 2020 Jun 30;8(2):176-177.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00160. Print 2020 Jun 30.

Multimonth Dispensing of Antiretroviral Therapy Protects the Most Vulnerable From 2 Pandemics at Once

Ariana Moriah Traub  1 , Temitayo Ifafore-Calfee  2 , Benjamin Ryan Phelps  2
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Multimonth Dispensing of Antiretroviral Therapy Protects the Most Vulnerable From 2 Pandemics at Once

Ariana Moriah Traub et al. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

We encourage governments in countries that have a high prevalence of people living with HIV to implement multimonth dispensing of antiretroviral therapy to safeguard both patients with HIV and health care workers from coronavirus disease COVID-19.

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