OPINION: The hard lockdown measures were meant to ensure that the coronavirus is contained, so as to reduce and prevent the spread, but this has had adverse effects on HIV service provision.
South Africa has wide coverage of HIV testing and counselling services which are provided at its mobile clinics and facilities. Due to the restrictions, these services were also discontinued. The questions that emerge are around how people would know their status?
We know that despite being one of the countries with the highest number of people living with HIV in the world, South Africa has the largest roll-out of antiretroviral therapy in the world. The country has documented an extraordinary progress on ART roll-out in which by 2020, 71% of HIV positive adults and 47% percent of children were on ART.
• People living with HIV were 13% more likely to be admitted to hospital with severe or critical Covid-19 after controlling for age, gender and comorbidities.
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