Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on provision and use of maternal health services in Allada, southern Benin: a local health system perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision and use of maternal health services in southern Benin from a local health system perspective.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative study from April to December 2021 in a health district in southern Benin. We interviewed health workers involved in antenatal, delivery, postnatal and family planning care provision, alternative and spiritual care providers, administrative staff of the district hospital, community health workers, adolescents and women who had given birth in the past six weeks in public health centers were interviewed. The World Health Organization health systems building blocks framework was used to guide the thematic analysis from a local health system perspective.

Results

The COVID-1

SUBMITTER: Akpi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10687162 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature