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How Covid-19 disrupts access to HIV drugs

Through a press release published on its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the response to HIV is slowing down because of Covid-19. WHO reports that 73 countries have reported that they are at risk of stockouts of antiretrovirals (ARVs) as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, 24 of which have announced “extremely low” stocks.

Why it’s worrying. Among the causes of these disruptions: the closure of land and air transport services, as well as limited access to health services within countries due to the pandemic, according to the UN organization, linked to Covid-19 . According to modeling carried out by WHO and UNAIDS last May, six months of interruption of access to ARVs could double the number of AIDS-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 alone. we are still far from such an interruption, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, expressed concern: “Countries and partners working for development must do everything in their power so that those who need HIV treatment continue to have access. ”

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