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Although the AIDS Center is operating normally, many patients are reluctant to visit crowded places and use public transport so as not to get COVID-19. Therefore, it was decided to deliver ART medication home for at least some patients at risk for coronavirus. Of course, committing to all necessary precautions.
Denis Kamaldinov Chairman of the Board, Novosibirsk Regional Organisation ‘Humanitarian Project’

Task 

The coronavirus pandemic has led to the fact that many people who need regular visits to health visits, were simply locked up, on self-isolation. This directly affects the needs of people living with HIV, and disruptions in antiretroviral therapy schedules jeopardize their health and even life.

Solution 

Representatives of the Novosibirsk NGOs ‘Ostrov’ and ‘Humanitarian Project’, with the support of the AIDS Center, organized the delivery of ARV drugs for those people living with HIV who are not able to pick up drugs on their own at the health facility.

In order to maintain the anonymity of patients and not disclose their HIV status, they apply for delivery of therapy to the AIDS Center of Novosibirsk. Applications are accepted confidentially by the operator at the AIDS Center. After clarifying the patient’s data, his attending physician prescribes the necessary medicines and passes them by proxy to a volunteer or representative of one of the NGOs involved in the project.

Result

The risk of coronavirus infection in people living with HIV has decreased in Novosibirsk. In addition, the Humanitarian Project has begun delivering HIV tests and prevention packages to those most vulnerable to HIV. To get a kit for an HIV test, you just need to fill out an online application.