INTEREST 2022: COVID-19 pandemic restrictions did not harm HIV care outcomes in Uganda

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Edith Magak/Aidsmap
  • COVID-19
  • HIV Care
May 11, 2022
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Despite the strict COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Uganda, viral load testing and viral load suppression rates improved by 68% and 35% during the first lockdown, while mortality reduced by 25% among people living with HIV in the capital city, Kampala. These findings were reported yesterday (May 10) by Dr Jonathan Izudi of Makerere University College of Health Sciences at the INTEREST 2022 conference, which is being held in Kampala.

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