Lived experience of people on anti-retro viral therapy in the context of covid-19: A phenomenological study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People living with human immune virus (HIV) are confronting multiple psychosocial and economic issues influenced by the illness. People on anti-retro viral drugs (ART) were at risk for discontinuation of medications during corona viral disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 outbreak made people living with HIV (PLWH) to experience critical challenges and barriers to optimal care. The experience of people living with HIV such as stigma and discrimination, economic problem, psychosocial problem before the emergency of COVID-19 were studied but there is lack of understanding on the lived experience of people living with HIV in the context of COVID-19 in Ethiopia particularly in Tach Gayint. This study aimed to explore the lived experience of people on ART in context o

SUBMITTER: Kassie TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10621913 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature