Abstract
HIV/AIDS Epidemic and COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa.
Highlights
COVID-19 pandemic has transmitted significantly and become ubiquitous globally, instantly as the disease’s information spread from a city in China named Wuhan since December 2019, it become a global public health threat
Research has shown that about 37.9 million people who are HIV carriers (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2020) are vulnerable to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which results in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2020)
Various African countries have been responding to different health problems such as HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis, which indicates that millions of people are immune-compromised and many are vulnerable to high health problems due to the respiratory disorder obtained from the virus
Summary
COVID-19 pandemic has transmitted significantly and become ubiquitous globally, instantly as the disease’s information spread from a city in China named Wuhan since December 2019, it become a global public health threat. For HIV/AIDS, early cases increased over 6–12 months, while for COVID-19 pandemic, the interval of infection is a matter of days In light of these difficulties in managing COVID19 with HIV/AIDS, WHO, UNAIDS, and the Global Network of People Living with HIV are cooperating to improve with the arrangement of HIV anticipation, testing, and treatment administrations (UNAIDS, 2020a,b; World Health Organization, 2020c). The disproportionate proportion of COVID-19 pandemic on HIV and other vulnerable people like children, old aged, sickle cell diseases, and undernutrition is a significant burden for the underequipped healthcare systems in Africa to fight and contain and this, increase the mortality and morbidity rates of infections in Africa and affect child health (Coker et al, 2021)
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
