Covid-19 and HIV: What we can learn from a new WHO report
Comprised of data from 37 countries, including South Africa, the report suggests people living with HIV should be prioritised for vaccination.
The difference can be attributed to the WHO’s focus on hospital cases, says Professor Mary-Ann Davis, director of the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research and author of the Western Cape study. Being immune-suppressed is also a factor in driving risk. While the WHO report did not include adherence to antiretroviral therapy in its findings, Davies says her study and others are providing good evidence that a poor immune response may be linked to poor outcomes.
“It’s clear there’s been a disruption, but it’s difficult to know the real impact of that and what’s happening on the ground,” says Dr Richard Lessells, an infectious disease specialist with the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform.
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