The impact of Covid-19 on malaria services in three high endemic districts in Rwanda: a mixed-method study.
Dieudonne HakizimanaChristian NtizimiraAimable MbituyumuremyiEmmanuel HakizimanaHani MahmoudPascal BirindabagaboClarisse MusanabaganwaDiane GashumbaPublished in: Malaria journal (2022)
The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in patients increasingly seeking care in the community and poses challenges to maintaining delivery of malaria services in Rwanda. Interventions to mitigate these challenges should focus on strengthening programming for the community and home-based care models and integrating malaria messages into Covid-19-related communication. Additionally, implementation of the interrupted interventions should be timed and overlap with the malaria transmission season to mitigate Covid-19 consequences on malaria.