Abstract
Background: Maintaining essential HIV services has being a Global challenge during the COVID-19 crises. Myanmar has 54 million inhabitants. Neighbor of China, Thailand, India and Bangladesh it was impacted by COVID-19, but came up with a comprehensive and effective response, following WHO recommendations. The HIV Prevalence is 0.58% and it is concentrated among key population. A HIV Contingency Plan was developed to face this challenge.
Methodology: The programme-based cross-sectional descriptive study with analysis of routinely collected data from MoHS data system, between 2019 and 2020 was conducted, comparing first six months of 2019 and 2020.
Results: HIV outreach activities and HIV testing were slightly affected after detection of first COVID-19 case, till mid May 2020. After that, outreach activities resumed. Introduction of HIV self-testing was initiated. 72% of more than 21,000 PWID on MMT were receiving take home dose up to 14 days and 60% of ART patients were receiving 6 months ARV dispensing.
Conclusion: Essential HIV services were maintained.
Keywords: COVID-19; HIV; Myanmar; contingence plan.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, HIV, Myanmar, contingence plan., 【초록키워드】 cross-sectional, India, activity, China, WHO, recommendations, Analysis, dose, HIV testing, COVID-19 case, effective response, collected data, plan, maintaining, ARV, contingency, affected, conducted, receiving, initiated, impacted, ART patient, Essential, 【제목키워드】 Population, working, service, Essential,