Co-knowledge generation with communities to enhance understanding the impact of Covid-19 on women living with, or at risk of acquiring, HIV in South Africa

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In Eastern and Southern Africa, home to about 60% of people living with HIV and new HIV infections, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) continue to bear a disproportionate burden of new HIV infections and AIDS related mortality rates. AGYW and women living with HIV are diverse in terms of age, risk factors and geo-spatial distribution and are challenging to reach. The Covid-19 pandemic and the national measures to limit the propagation of the virus has revealed and exacerbated vulnerabilities AGYW in Africa are confronted to. The pandemic has had a wide range of health, social and economic impacts among this population group. There is growing evidence that these multi-dimensional impacts of Covid-19 are worse for key and vulnerable AGYW. This paper discusses how co-knowledge generation and partnerships established with civil society organisations, enabled us to effectively and efficiently reach diverse communities of marginalised women in South Africa, enhance the quality and completeness of data collected online and through peer interviews, strengthened community capacity to undertake research, and rapidly utilise the information generated to institute or advocate for interventions to mitigate a deepening crisis of HIV, TB gender and poverty.

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