Is that coronavirus pandemic making it harder to treat all the diseases in africa u. N. Agencies warned decades of progress in treating aids malaria and other illnesses could be reversed how do you decide what gets priority this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program on burnitz. The coronavirus pandemic is putting enormous strain on Health Systems worldwide in some countries but means resources are being diverted from other treatments patients with illnesses such as age. Or malaria risk having their treatment interrupted 2 thirds of the global population living with hiv are in Subsaharan Africa if their antiretroviral therapy is are disrupted its fair hundreds of thousands could die the head of the World Health Organization is urging all countries to ensure Vital Health Services remain open this is on avoidable worst Case Scenario and not a prediction this model acts as a wake up call to identify ways to sustain all Vital Services despite our attention being focused on the 1000