Covid Affected Access to HIV Treatment - the Stories of Migrant... TC_Africa: SouthAfrica
This lack of knowledge pointed to the fact that with the COVID-19 pandemic and its increased burden placed on the healthcare system, the women hadn't been given the support and counselling needed after diagnosis. Some women reported they would have liked comprehensive counselling immediately after diagnosis, especially when they started taking antiretrovirals. But often there wasn't enough space and time for thorough counselling to be done.
Restrictions on travel due to the lockdown affected women with cross-border migration patterns. The alarming concerns that were raised included mistreatment by staff at health facilities; discrimination and longer waiting times in queues; running out of ARVs; language barriers and not understanding dosages and side effects; lack of education and counselling; and documentation. All acted as barriers for mother-infant pairs to access care.It was very hard.
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