COVID-19 and the HIV care continuum in Uganda: minimising collateral damage

Name	World Continuing Education Alliance
Activity Title	COVID-19 and the HIV care continuum in Uganda: minimising collateral damage
Details	Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first described in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and to date there have been more than 106,375,662 confirmed cases, with at least 2,321,294 deaths, globallyn Objectives Course Objective The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has spread across the world within months of its first description in Wuhan, China in December 2019, resulting in an unprecedented global health emergency. Whilst Europe and North America are the current epicentres of infection, the global health community are preparing for the potential effects of this new disease on the African continent. Modelling studies predict that factors such as youthful and rural population may be protective in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in the World Health Organisation (WHO) African Region, however, with 220 million infections and 4.6 million hospitalisations predicted in the first year of the pandemic alone, fragile health systems could still be placed under significant strain. Furthermore, subsequent disruptions to the provision of services for people living with HIV, or at risk of acquiring HIV, are predicted to lead to an extra 500,000 adult HIV deaths and a 2-fold increase in mother to child transmission of HIV ...
Competence	Public Health
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Event Time	02:30 PM
Location	World Continuing Education Alliance eLearning System
Cost (UGX)	0
CPD Points	1