1. Innovations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Care Delivery During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Policies to Strengthen the Ending the Epidemic Initiative—A Policy Paper of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association
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Wendy S. Armstrong, Allison L. Agwu, Lynsay MacLaren, Marwan Haddad, Jennifer J. Chang, Michelle Floris-Moore, Ernie Paul Barrette, Rachel A Bender Ignacio, Jonathan Colasanti, and Andrea Weddle
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Microbiology (medical) ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Hiv epidemic ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,HIV Infections ,Telehealth ,medicine.disease_cause ,01 natural sciences ,Communicable Diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Pre-exposure prophylaxis ,0302 clinical medicine ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Pandemic ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,0101 mathematics ,Pandemics ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program ,010102 general mathematics ,IDSA Features ,COVID-19 ,HIV ,medicine.disease ,United States ,Antiretroviral therapy ,Policy ,AcademicSubjects/MED00290 ,Infectious Diseases ,Family medicine ,business - Abstract
The goal of the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative is to reduce new infections in the United States by 90% by 2030. Success will require fundamentally changing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and care delivery to engage more persons with HIV and at risk of HIV in treatment. While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reduced in-person visits to care facilities and led to concern about interruptions in care, it also accelerated growth of alternative options, bolstered by additional funding support. These included the use of telehealth, medication delivery to the home, and increased flexibility facilitating access to Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program services. While the outcomes of these programs must be studied, many have improved accessibility during the pandemic. As the pandemic wanes, long-term policy changes are needed to preserve these options for those who benefit from them. These new care paradigms may provide a roadmap for progress for those with other chronic health issues as well.
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- 2020
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