Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare services engagement: a qualitative study of experiences of people living with HIV and hypertension and their providers at two peri-urban HIV clinics in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented complexity for health care seeking globally. Little is known on how people living with HIV (PLHIV) and other co-morbidities including hypertension accessed healthcare services in resource limited settings like Uganda. Therefore, we explored qualitatively how the COVID-19 pandemic which was characterized by travel restrictions, social distancing requirements, and a heightened COVID-19 response impacted health care seeking for PLHIV and health care provision by providers in this context. We explored experiences of both PLHIV with hypertension who sought care and healthcare providers who offered HIV and hypertension services at two peri-urban HIV clinics; Kira Health center and Kisubi Hospital, in Uganda.

Methods

We condu

SUBMITTER: Ayebare F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12032649 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature