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Utilisation of HIV services by female sex workers in Zimbabwe during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive phenomenological study

Idah, Moyo; Livhuwani, Tshivhase; Azwihangwisi Helen, Mavhandu-Mudzusi.

Afr. j. AIDS res. (Online); 21 (2), 2022

This study focuses on female sex workers as a key population group that suffers a degree of vulnerability according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Key populations refer to people at heightened risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) due to specific behaviours and social and le...

Sex Workers, Sexual Vulnerability, HIV, COVID-19, Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services, Financial Stress

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The Impact of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: A review

Ezeani, I U; Okwuonu, G C; Chukwuonye, I I; Nkpozi, M O.

Ann. Health Res. (Onabanjo Univ. Teach. Hosp.); 8 (4), 2022

Background: Telemedicine practice is a rapidly evolving aspect of medicine in developed countries, though resource-limited countries like Nigeria are yet to embrace it fully. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has limited patients’ visits to hospitals in addition to the social distancing measures deployed...

COVID-19, Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services, Telemedicine

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