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Review
. 2022 Dec;9(12):e884-e886.
doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00268-5. Epub 2022 Oct 28.

Innovations, adaptations, and accelerations in the delivery of HIV services during COVID-19

Eamonn Murphy  1 , Meg Doherty  2 , Wafaa El Sadr  3 , Irum Zaidi  4 , Adeeba Kamarazulman  5 , Siobhan Crowley  6 , Florence Riako Anam  7 , Chinmay Modi  8 , Erika Castellanos  9 , Alex Garner  10 , Neil McCulloch  11 , Aditia Taslim  12 , Paulie Amanita Calderon Cifuentes  13 , Peter D Ghys  1 , Peter Godfrey-Faussett  14 , Luisa Frescura  15 , Kevin M DeCock  16
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Innovations, adaptations, and accelerations in the delivery of HIV services during COVID-19

Eamonn Murphy et al. Lancet HIV. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

During 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the delivery of HIV prevention and treatment services globally. To mitigate the negative consequences of the pandemic, service providers and communities adapted and accelerated an array of HIV interventions to meet the needs of people living with HIV and people at risk of acquiring HIV in diverse geographical and epidemiological settings. As a result of these adaptations, services such as HIV treatment showed programmatic resilience and remained relatively stable in 2020 and into the first half of 2021. To review lessons learned and suggest which novel approaches to sustain, UNAIDS convened a virtual consultation on Feb 1-2, 2022, which was attended by a range of stakeholders from different areas of global HIV response.

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