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DESCRIBING THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON HIV CARE IN LATIN AMERICA
Author
Person, Anna K.
Maruri, Fernanda
Brazier, Ellen
Madero, Juan G. Sierra
Rouzier, Vanessa
Carriquiry, Gabriela
Avelino-Silva, Vivian I.
Alencastro, Paulo Ricardo de
Ikeda, Maria Leticia R.
Souza, Rosa Alencar
Rocha, Simone Queiroz
Cesar, Carina
Wolff, Marcello
Machado, Daisy
Padgett, Denis
Pinto, Jorge A.
Grinsztejn, Beatriz
McGowan, Catherine
Rebeiro, Peter F.
Maruri, Fernanda
Brazier, Ellen
Madero, Juan G. Sierra
Rouzier, Vanessa
Carriquiry, Gabriela
Avelino-Silva, Vivian I.
Alencastro, Paulo Ricardo de
Ikeda, Maria Leticia R.
Souza, Rosa Alencar
Rocha, Simone Queiroz
Cesar, Carina
Wolff, Marcello
Machado, Daisy
Padgett, Denis
Pinto, Jorge A.
Grinsztejn, Beatriz
McGowan, Catherine
Rebeiro, Peter F.
Affilliation
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
City University of New York. School of Public Health & Health Policy. New York, NY, USA.
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran. Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Groupe Haitien d’Etudes du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes. Port-Au-Prince, Centre, Haiti.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt. Lima, San Martin, Peru.
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Rio Grande do Sul State Department of Health. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos São Leopoldo. São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil.
São Paulo State Department of Health. São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
STD/AIDS Referral and Training Center-Sao Paulo State Department of Health. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Fundación Huésped. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Medicina. Fundación Arriarán. Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Departamento de Pediatria. São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social and Hospital Escuela Universitario. Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em DST/AIDS. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Nashville, TN, USA.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Nashville, TN, USA.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
City University of New York. School of Public Health & Health Policy. New York, NY, USA.
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran. Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Groupe Haitien d’Etudes du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes. Port-Au-Prince, Centre, Haiti.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt. Lima, San Martin, Peru.
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Rio Grande do Sul State Department of Health. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos São Leopoldo. São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil.
São Paulo State Department of Health. São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
STD/AIDS Referral and Training Center-Sao Paulo State Department of Health. Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Fundación Huésped. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Medicina. Fundación Arriarán. Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Departamento de Pediatria. São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social and Hospital Escuela Universitario. Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em DST/AIDS. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Nashville, TN, USA.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Nashville, TN, USA.
Abstract
Background: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with HIV
(PWH) are unknown. Beyond SARS-CoV-2 co-infection, the pandemic may have devastating consequences for HIV care delivery. Understanding these is crucial as reduced
antiretroviral therapy (ART) availability alone could lead to ≥500,000 AIDS-related
deaths in 2020–2021. With Latin America now a focal point in the pandemic, we sought
to describe the impact of COVID-19 on HIV care at Latin American clinical sites.
Methods: Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology (CCASAnet) and additional Brazilian HIV care sites in Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru were included. An electronic survey of COVID-19
effects on HIV clinic operations was administered in Spanish or English via phone and
email, April 28-June 2, 2020. We also compared national COVID-19 case, mortality,
and policy data from public sources.
Results: Brazil’s and Mexico’s epidemics appear most pronounced, with >10,000
confirmed COVID-19-related deaths (Figure 1); countries implemented “social distancing” policies at different times after initial cases, with Haiti earliest and Mexico
latest (Figure 2). Nearly all 13 sites reported decreased hours and providers for HIV
care. Twelve of 13 reported increased use of telehealth, suspension/postponements of
routine HIV appointments, and/or suspension of HIV research. Eleven of 13 reported
initiation of new COVID-19 research but suspension of community HIV testing, and
nearly half provided additional ART supplies. Nearly 70% reported impacts on HIV
viral load testing and nearly 40% reported personal protective equipment stock-outs
(Table). All 13 sites experienced changes in resources/services in tandem with national
policies; there was wide variation, however, in the number of economic and health
supports implemented thus far (e.g., quarantines, tax deferrals, interest rate reductions,
etc.), from 172 COVID-19-related policies in Brazil to only 30 in Mexico.
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