Pandemic could set back decades of HIV, TB, malaria advances, experts saySome low- and middle-income countries could see deaths due to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria spike by as much as 10%, 20%, and 36%, respectively, over the next 5 years because of health service disruptions amid the COVID-19 pandemic and response, according to a modeling study published yesterday in The Lancet Global Health.The researchers' models estimate that, in a worst-case scenario, heavily affected areas may expect that the impact of COVID-19 disruption on years of life lost could be similar to the direct impact of the coronavirus pandemic itself.Substantial progress has been made against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in the last 2 decades, but the pandemic could