Gender-identity-related stigma and discrimination also increased significantly during this time and amplified sexual and other forms of gender-based violence as well as violence against key populations by their families because people are spending a lot more time together in closed personal spaces.
Community solidarity and resilience in times of COVID-19
There are
countless examples of how community solidarity has been at the forefront of
doing their bit to maintain continuum of HIV care and service delivery, despite
lockdowns. These include community-led innovations on differentiated service
delivery, multi-month distribution of home antiretroviral (ARV) refill delivery
and PrEP delivery service in Philippines; adapting service delivery to meet the
needs for PrEP in Viet Nam; community ARV dispensing in India, Nepal, Papua New
Guinea, Philippines, and Thailand; key population led PrEP service delivery in
Thailand, to name a few. Regional community networks have also amplified the
impact of these and other community-led responses.
Shobha Shukla - CNS (Citizen News Service)
(Shobha Shukla is the award-winning founding Managing Editor of CNS and is a feminist, health and development justice advocate. She is a former senior Physics faculty of Loreto Convent College and current Coordinator of Asia Pacific Media Network to end TB & tobacco and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). Follow her on Twitter @shobha1shukla or read her writings here www.bit.ly/ShobhaShukla)
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