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Access to primary healthcare during lockdown measures for COVID-19 in rural South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis.

Mark J SiednerJohn D KraemerMark J MeyerGuy HarlingThobeka MngomezuluPatrick GabelaSiphephelo DlaminiDickman GaretaNomathamsanqa MajoziNothando NgwenyaJanet SeeleyEmily WongCollins IwujiMaryam ShahmaneshWillem HanekomKobus Herbst
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
In rural KZN, we identified a significant, although temporary, reduction in child healthcare visitation but general resilience of adult ambulatory care provision during the first 4 months of the lockdown. Future work should explore the impacts of the circulating epidemic on primary care provision and long-term impacts of reduced child visitation on outcomes in the region.
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