极端天气事件和对艾滋病毒服务的干扰:系统性审查
Collins C Iwuji1, Celia McMichael2, Euphemia Sibanda3
1Department of Global Health and Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
The lancet. HIV
|October 11, 2024
概括
极端天气事件会破坏艾滋病毒服务,影响检测,治疗和护理. 脆弱人群,包括艾滋病毒感染者,面临风险增加和行为改变,需要采取适应性政策.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 极端天气事件对健康构成重大风险,不成比例地影响弱势群体,如艾滋病毒感染者 (PLWH).
- 了解极端天气对艾滋病毒检测,治疗,护理和传播的影响对于公共卫生至关重要.
- 这项研究调查了极端天气事件对艾滋病毒相关结果的多方面的影响.
结论:
- 极端天气事件显然与艾滋病毒服务中断和艾滋病毒感染者的负面健康结果有关.
- 由于研究设计,无法确定极端天气事件和艾滋病毒发病率之间的因果关系,这表明存在重大研究差距.
- 制定适应和缓解策略对于在极端天气事件期间和之后保护PLWH至关重要,支持到2030年结束艾滋病毒作为公共卫生威胁的目标.
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