Health service utilisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: a multicountry empirical assessment with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health services.
Agbessi AmouzouAbdoulaye MaïgaCheikh Mbacké FayeSamuel ChakweraDessalegn Y MelesseMartin Kavao Kavao MutuaSokhna ThiamIdrissa Boukary AbdoulayeSeth Kwaku AfagbedziAkory Ag IknaneOdile Sassor Ake-TanoJoshua O AkinyemiVictor AleganaYakubu AlhassanArinaitwe Emma SamDominic Kwabena AtweamShraddha BajariaLuke BawoMamadou BerthéAndrea Katryn BlanchardHamissou Alaji BouhariOusmane Maimouna Ali BoulhassaneMaio BulawayoOvost ChooyeAmed CoulibalyMamatou DiabateFatou DiawaraOusman EslemanMulugeta GajaaKamil Halimatou Amadou GarbaTheodros GetachewChoolwe JacobsGeorge P JacobsFemi JamesAyodele S JegedeCatherine JoachimRornald Muhumuza KananuraJanette KarimiHelen KiarieDenise KpeboBruno LankoandéAkanni Olayinka LawansonYahaha MahamadouMasoud MahundiTewabe ManayeHonorati MasanjaModeste Roch MillogoAbdoul Karim MohamedMwiche MusukumaRose MutheeDouba NabiéMukome NyamhagataJimmy OgwalAdebola OrimadegunAjiwohwodoma OvuorayeAdama Sanogo PongathieStéphane Parfait SableGeetor S SaydeeJosephine ShabiniBrivine Mukombwe SikapandeDaudi SimbaAshenif TadeleTefera TadlleAlfred K Tarway-TwallaMahamadi TassembedoBentoe Zoogley TehoungueIbrahim TereraSoumaïla TraoréMusu P TwallaPeter WaiswaNaod WondiradTies BoermaPublished in: BMJ global health (2022)
The district health facility reports provide a solid basis for trend assessment after extensive data quality assessment and adjustment. Even the modest negative impact on service utilisation observed in most countries will require major efforts, supported by the international partners, to maintain progress towards the SDG health targets by 2030.