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Benefits of continuing HIV services outweigh risk of COVID transmission

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eMediNexus    14 April 2021

UNAIDS and WHO have backed mathematical modelling to determine the benefits of continuing to provide HIV services compared to the harm of additional COVID-19 transmission. According to the analysis, continuing HIV services would prevent 19 to 146 AIDS-related deaths per 10 000 individuals over a 50-year time period, while the added COVID-19-related deaths on account of exposures related to HIV services would be around 0.002 to 0.15 per 10 000. 

The analysis thus suggests that the benefits of continuing HIV services during the COVID-19 pandemic outweigh the risk of additional COVID-19-related deaths.

The analysis evaluated disruptions to four vital HIV services - voluntary medical male circumcision, HIV diagnostic testing, viral load testing and programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The analysis compared COVID-19 deaths in 2020 and 2021 among health workers and clients on account of continuing with the HIV services with averted AIDS-related deaths now and over the next 50 years due to continuation of services… (WHO, April 13, 2021)

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