Value Added Abstracts - (2020) Volume 11, Issue 9
Published: 15-Sep-2020
COVID-19 is a disease that is caused by a corona virus known as SARS CoV2.Its effects have been paramount world all over and more so among People living with HIV in developing countries. In Uganda, the institution of a lockdown on the directives of the president in abid to control community transmission of the virus exacerbated these effects upon the lives of people living with HIV. This meant that businesses were to be closed and majority was left jobless; food scarcity became an issue that hindered people living with HIV from taking their ARVs resulting into Non-adherence to their medication. On top of that, suspension of public transport hindered them from collecting their ARVs from their health facilities which contributed further to non-adherence and hence putting them at risk of contracting COVID-19 and other opportunistic infections like Sexually Transmitted Infections due to the reduced Immunity.
Sekatuka Abubaker is a Clinician, HIV, Mental health and Human Rights advocate aged 28 years working with Love to Love organization a non-profit organization creating awareness on HIV/AIDS and supporting children and youth affected and infected with HIV. He is a member of International AIDS Society (IAS), Amnesty International and Africa free of New HIV Infections (AfNHI) a coalition of advocates, researchers and medical professionals advancing HIV Biomedical research and prevention in Africa. In 2019, he presented the Science behind U=U and the role of Clinicians in incorporating U=U message in routine care on the first U=U conference in Africa that took place in Uganda on 12th February. He loves inspiring others through knowledge and skills exchange a passion he shares as a World Literacy Foundation Ambassador 2020.
8th World Congress on Control and Prevention of HIV/AIDS, STDs & STIs; Webinar- June 24-25, 2020.
Sekatuka Abubaker, Impact of covid-19 on the lives of people living with HIV in Uganda, STD-HIV AIDS-2020; 8th World Congress on Control and Prevention of HIV/AIDS, STDs & STIs; Webinar- June 24-25, 2020 (https://globalhiv-aidsstd.infectiousconferences.com/abstract/2020/impact-of-covid-19-on-the-lives-of-people-living-with-hiv-in-uganda).
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