Venezuelan migrants in Colombia, especially persons living with HIV and AIDS (PLWH), urgently need access to HIV treatment and preventive services. Local health care organizations, aided by international non-governmental organizations, transgovernmental organizations, and donor governments, should prioritize: protection of the human rights of PLWH; linkage to organizations providing HIV treatment; ART availability, prevention, and education to stem new HIV infections; and addressing the mental health and psychosocial consequences of displacement among persons living with and at risk for HIV.

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