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Pediatric and adolescent HIV viral load coverage and suppression rates in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 PEPFAR-supported sub-Saharan African… — Europe PMC PMID:39088480

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Original: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/39088480
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003513
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Pediatric and adolescent HIV viral load coverage and suppression rates in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 PEPFAR-supported sub-Saharan African… — Europe PMC PMID:39088480 — Europe PMC (en), https://europepmc.org/article/MED/39088480 (CC0-1.0); archived copy: https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_e23ea32151eb (Metraipolis archive dc_e23ea32151eb, sha256 666c3e55d541889b1e6f3eeec5eeff93f70a0113c23ad4161c182b3453fd4e29)

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@misc{dce23ea32151eb,
  title = {Pediatric and adolescent HIV viral load coverage and suppression rates in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 PEPFAR-supported sub-Saharan African… — Europe PMC PMID:39088480},
  howpublished = {Europe PMC (en)},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/39088480},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_e23ea32151eb; sha256 666c3e55d541889b1e6f3eeec5eeff93f70a0113c23ad4161c182b3453fd4e29},
  year = {2026}
}

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The early period of the COVID-19 pandemic limited access to HIV services for children and adolescents living with HIV (C/ALHIV). To determine progress in providing care and treatment services, we describe viral load coverage (VLC) and suppression (VLS) (<1000 copies/ mL) rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-supported countries. Data for children (0-9 years) and adolescents (10-19 years) on VLC and VLS were analyzed for 12 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries between 2019 (pre-COVID-19) and 2020 (during COVID-19). We report the number of viral load (VL) tests, and percent change in VLC and VLS for patients on ART. For 12 countries, 181,192 children had a VL test during the pre-COVID-19 period compared with 177,683 December 2020 during COVID-19. VLC decreased from 68.8% to 68.3% overall. However, 9 countries experienced an increase ranging from a 0.7%-point increase for Tanzania and Zimbabwe to a 15.3%-point increase for Nigeria. VLS increased for all countries from 71.2% to 77.7%. For adolescents the number with a VL test increased from 377,342 to 402,792. VLC decreased from 77.4% to 77.1%. However, 7 countries experienced an increase ranging from 1.8% for Mozambique to 13.8% for Cameroon. VLS increased for all countries from 76.8% to 83.8%. This analysis shows variation in HIV VLC across 12 SSA countries. VLS consistently improved across all countries demonstrating resilience of countries during 2020. Countries should continue to improve clinical outcomes from C/ALHIV despite service disruptions that may occur during pandemic response.

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Pubblicazione: PLOS global public health, 2024 (prima pubblicazione 2024-08-01).
Identificativi: PMID 39088480 · PMCID PMC11293699 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003513.
Pagina: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/39088480 — https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003513. Autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
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