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"The children are the one paying the highest price to this pandemic" Dr Landry Dongmo Tsague, Senior HIV/AIDS specialist at the UNICEF Regional Office for Western and Central Africa
During the first year of the COVID pandemic, 40 countries, mostly in Africa, reported a decline in HIV testing, vital to preventing the spread of the virus.
San Francisco, Dec 1 (EFE/EPA).- San Francisco on Tuesday joined the rest of the world to commemorate World AIDS Day, highlighting the importance of delivering high-quality and people-centered HIV care. Official events in the US were held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO). SHOT LIST: FLOWERS LAY ON THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AT THE NATIONAL AIDS MEMORIAL GROVE IN GOLDEN GATE PARK IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, US.
NGOs report access to HIV treatment drugs has been hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Francesco Segoni, from Doctors Without Borders, says the organisation has seen a scaling-down of HIV activities and funding redirected towards fighting Covid-19, even though HIV remains a priority in much of Africa.
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