Uptake of reproductive, maternal and child health services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda: A mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT: Use of reproductive health (RH), maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) services in Uganda is suboptimal. Reasons for this are complex; however, service-delivery factors such as availability, quality, staffing, and supplies, contribute substantially to low uptake. The COVID-19 pandemic threatened to exacerbate existing challenges to delivery and use of high-quality RH and MNCH services. We conducted a mixed methods study, combining secondary analysis of routine electronic health management information system (eHMIS) data with exploratory key informant interviews (KII) to examine changes in health service uptake over the course of the pandemic and to understand service delivery adaptations implemented in response. We analyzed eHMIS data for four services (family planning, facility-based

SUBMITTER: Kibira SPS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10118156 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature