HEALTH CRISES OP-ED: Adolescent girls are most at risk for HIV infection-here’s what they can do to fight it

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While we are still navigating the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is important that we do not lose sight of our population’s vulnerability to other diseases.

Healthcare systems around the world faced an unprecedented health crisis as the Covid-19 pandemic swept from country to country, leaving lives, livelihoods and economies in its wake. The intense focus on Covid-19 has resulted in other widespread diseases being relegated, with services and resources directed away from them.

People avoided visiting healthcare facilities for regular HIV testing due to the perceived risk of potentially contracting Covid-19 there. As interventions to prevent Covid-19 were initiated, such as physical distancing and personal protective equipment, access to clinics became more challenging. This was particularly true for vulnerable key populations, adolescent girls and young women, who were seemingly forgotten.

This marginalisation, in the context of HIV, increases their susceptibility on many levels – biologically, economically and socioculturally, girls are at a disadvantage. As a direct consequence they are more likely to participate in risky sexual behaviours and are at a disadvantage when it comes to negotiating safer sex practices.

 

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