Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV Testing Uptake Among Key Populations Enrolled in Targeted Intervention Program in Maharashtra, India.
The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to HIV services globally. We evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the uptake of HIV testing in the Targeted Intervention (TI) program in Maharashtra—a high HIV burden state in India. Annual HIV testing was sustained during the pandemic...
| Published in: | AIDS & Behavior Vol. 27; no. 9; pp. 2875 - 2883 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Sep2023
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