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POSITIVE LIVING IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

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“I am concerned that underquarantine, many young peopleliving with HIV have lost their(sometimes clandestine) means ofcoping with depression.”

A R G E N T I N A

“People are afraid of going tofacilities to get their medicationsince the police will give them ahard time.”

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“Many teenagers and theirfamilies have no food and somesurvive from selling sweets onthe street.”

M O Z A M B I Q U E

“People living with HIV are affected bypoverty and lack of food thus failing ondrugs. The other issue is that somepeople especially the female sexworkers, and some young people whofeel stigmatized when someone comesto deliver their drugs."

U G A N D A

“We are really concerned thatCOVID-19 has intensified theproblem around ensuring suppliesof ARVs for people living with HIV."

I N D O N E S I A

Young people like myself have strongly continued to participate in drug delivery

processes using bicycles and moving on foot. - Michael Senyonga, UNYPA

YA-ALL, Manipur, India are working withmental health professionals to providecorrect information and psychosocial supportfor young transgender people during thesedifficult times.

ZY+, Zimbabwe worked quickly with theirgovernment to ensure that young peopleliving with HIV had access to 3 month’ssupply of ARVs before the lockdown and areusing a range of communication channels(from radio to WhatsApp) to provide correctinformation on COVID-19 as well asadherence support and counselling.

NYP+, Tanzania and ENYP+, Eswatinirepresentatives are on national committeeshelping their Ministry of Health to developmessages and materials on how to preventCOVID-19.

Globally organisations like Y+ and YouthLEAD (Asia Pacific) are gathering liveinformation from countries, supportingnational chapters with information andraising their issues with UN partners anddonors.

In Latin America & Caribbean, J+ LAC areadvocating for public health policies andresponses to COVID-19, that supportadolescents and young people to accessessential nutrition, HIV and health services,including for their mental health.

Fill out the GNP+, ICW, and Y+Global survey this week to sharehow you are adapting to Life in thetime of COVID-19.

F I N A L C A L L ! T A K ET H E S U R V E Y N O W !

Visit our COVID-19 webpage to findthe survey, past editions of thenewsletter and other resources.

H O W I S O U R C O M M U N I T YR E S P O N D I N G ?

W E W A N T T O H E A R F R O M Y O U A N D W A N T T O S A L U T E Y O U – L I K E H E A L T H C A R EW O R K E R S Y O U A R E A L S O O N T H E F R O N T L I N E .

Community Adolescent TreatmentSupporters (CATS) in Zimbabwe continue toprovide information, referrals and supportto their peers using mobile phones.

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Resources for Young People

In quarantine? From Argentina, seeRAJAP's practical guide to whatadolescents and young people livingwith HIV can do.

Watch Zvandiri’s latest videoencouraging young people living withHIV to continue their treatment.

Find answers to your questionson Y+ Global's COVID-19 and HIV Qand A.

Check out these READY+ resourceson keeping young people healthy.