Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2022)

Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic Response on Service Provision for Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV, and Viral Hepatitis, England

  • Holly D. Mitchell,
  • Tatiana Garcia Vilaplana,
  • Sema Mandal,
  • Natasha Ratna,
  • Megan Glancy,
  • Ammi Shah,
  • Ruth Simmons,
  • Celia Penman,
  • Freja Kirsebom,
  • Annastella Costella,
  • Alison E. Brown,
  • Hamish Mohammed,
  • Valerie Delpech,
  • Katy Sinka,
  • Gwenda Hughes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2803.211998
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 3
pp. 739 – 742

Abstract

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Since the coronavirus disease pandemic response began in March 2020, tests, vaccinations, diagnoses, and treatment initiations for sexual health, HIV, and viral hepatitis in England have declined. The shift towards online and outreach services happened rapidly during 2020 and highlights the need to evaluate the effects of these strategies on health inequalities.

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