Ensuring ART continuity in Moldova

During a pandemic, one of the main recommendations is not to leave home. But there are people who need to regularly take medications that are available only in health facilities to survive. Such people find themselves in a conflict situation: on the one hand, you need to get to the clinics, and getting into public transport, which runs less and less, is a threat to health in the current circumstances. Staying at home and interrupting treatment for PLHIV is a direct threat to life.

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Ensuring uninterrupted work of the therapeutic community in the penitentiary system and contact with relatives in COVID-19

During the pandemic, all penitentiary facilities almost stopped any contact with the outside world. Visits are prohibited, all educational activities provided by external organizations are also prohibited. The state of emergency increased the anxiety of the rehabilitation program participants because they were worried about those who stayed at home – parents, wives, children, brothers, sisters who are in danger.

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Creation of transparency in the use of resources in the conditions of COVID-19 in Moldova

During a pandemic, one of the main tasks is to ensure the availability of medicines and preventive drugs in medical institutions and pharmacies. The measures taken by the authorities to ensure the urgency of procurements, in addition to the positive effect, can have an impact on reducing transparency and inefficiency risks using budget funds. Moldova faced the vital task of mobilizing all the resources available in the country and ensuring the most efficient use of funds allocated to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

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