Abstract
The global burden of the COVID-19 pandemic has exhausted the funds that were initially planned by World Health Organization for the diagnosis, treatment, wellbeing, and awareness for people living with HIV. The target set by UNAIDS 2014 to achieve the 90-90-90 goal by 2020 did not meet and was revised to 95-95-95 by 2025 with the sustainable development goal-3 benchmark of 2030 remains on the target. Amid this COVID-19 pandemic, the HIV treatment goal set by WHO for Pakistan got affected. The economic crisis, strict lockdowns, furloughs, layoffs, feeble healthcare system, the agricultural impact of COVID-19, have affected the progress of HIV goals in Pakistan. While only 23% of HIV-infected patients in Pakistan are aware of their status, 77% unaware of their status are at serious health risk, and pose a risk to the general population. This paper deals with the serious health situation amid the ongoing syndemic; when two or more epidemics are present at the same time. It defines the HIV, its types and strains, and its origins and the global response to tackle the epidemic. It also discusses the point prevalence on the historical situation of HIV in Pakistan, along with its incidence, prevalence and epidemiology of the disease. The paper discusses various global organizations that deal with the plan to treat and eradicate HIV globally and the efforts made by these organizations, and the challenges faced by them due to COVID-19. Furthermore, the impact of COVID-19 in providing the treatment of HIV in Pakistan is discussed, along with some of very important recommendations at the end of this paper.
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