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Socioeconomic Burdens of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LMIC Populations with Increased HIV Vulnerabilities
- Source :
- Current HIV/AIDS Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Purpose of Review To review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its public health response on key populations at risk of HIV infection, with a focus on sex workers. Recent Findings Since last year several groups have documented how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the livelihoods and health of sex workers. We focus on case studies from Kenya, Ukraine, and India and place these in the broader global context of sex worker communities, drawing on common themes that span geographies. Summary COVID-19-associated lockdowns have significantly disrupted sex work, leading to economic and health challenges for sex workers, ranging from HIV-related services to mental health and exposure to violence. Several adaptations have been undertaken by sex workers and frontline workers, including migration, a move to mobile services, and struggling to find economic supports. Strengthening community-based responses for future pandemics and other shocks is critical to safeguard the health of marginalized populations.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
HIV Infections
Context (language use)
Violence
Virology
Environmental health
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
Developing Countries
Pandemics
Socioeconomic status
Sex work
Sex Workers
SARS-CoV-2
Public health
COVID-19
HIV
Key populations
Implementation Science (E Geng, Section Editor)
Livelihood
Mental health
Infectious Diseases
Geography
Socioeconomic Factors
Communicable Disease Control
Community responses
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15483576 and 15483568
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current HIV/AIDS Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4e4e78589dcefaf1ab24f96c27fbb744