According to UNAIDS roughly 1.5 million new HIV infections occur each year worldwide. The number of persons living with HIV (PLWH) is estimated around 38 million globally, of whom 25 million live in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Background: Before the advent of COVID-19 vaccines, hospitalizations due to SARS-CoV-2 infection during 2020 collapsed most medical centers worldwide. Disruptions in health care for clinical conditions other than COVID-19 ...