Mitigating the Covid-19 challenges to HIV prevention efforts in Africa
A socio-behavioral perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15540514 |
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| Authors | Julie Pulerwitz (0000-0001-5177-1508, Population Council, corresponding author), Harsha Thirumurthy (0000-0002-3308-7603, University of Pennsylvania), Elizabeth E Tolley (0000-0002-9823-3675, Family Health International 360), Ariane Van Der Straten (0000-0001-8536-648X, University of California, San Francisco) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1786-1789 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17441692.2021.1980601 |
| PMID | 34555304 |
| OpenAlex | W3199745713 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
In this commentary, the authors highlight how the COVID-19 pandemic has a range of negative effects on HIV prevention in Africa, both well documented HIV service interruptions and less well appreciated effects of the socio-structural context that put people at risk of HIV (e.g. loss of earnings, stigma). The authors call on the global community to unpack and address these factors as the pandemic surges in Africa. They point to best practices and tools from decades of socio-behavioural research and programming responses in the HIV field that can be applied to COVID-19 efforts, including for vaccines being rolled out
Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Stigma (botany · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Virology
| Highly cited | No |
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