Venezuela has been experiencing a humanitarian emergency for much of the past decade, and its health system is widely recognized to be in a state of collapse. The political and economic crisis that gave rise to this situation has been accompanied by myriad human rights violations. With the national government's response to HIV so severely weakened by the ongoing humanitarian emergency, Venezuelan civil society organizations and international allies have stepped in to fill the void. The three prongs of their agenda have been community-led service delivery, health system monitoring, and advocacy. Our long experience in the HIV field tells us that the Venezuelan HIV community's capacity to respond to the collapse of the health system is not exceptional. HIV civil society organizations and networks of people living with HIV in countries worldwide are well-suited to help maintain health system functionality in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is imperative for the global community to capitalize on their skills.

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HIV，COVID-19和公民社会：委内瑞拉人道主义危机的教训。

委内瑞拉在过去十年的大部分时间里一直在经历人道主义紧急情况，其卫生系统被普遍认为处于崩溃状态。导致这种情况的政治和经济危机伴随着无数的侵犯人权行为。由于国家政府对艾滋病毒的反应因持续的人道主义紧急情况而受到严重削弱，委内瑞拉民间社会组织和国际盟友已介入以填补空白。他们议程的三个方面是社区主导的服务提供，卫生系统监测和宣传。我们在艾滋病毒领域的长期经验告诉我们，委内瑞拉艾滋病毒社区应对卫生系统崩溃的能力并非例外。