Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and policy response on access to and utilization of reproductive, maternal, child and adolescent health services in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia.

ABSTRACT: Global health crises can negatively impact access to and utilisation of essential health services. Access to and utilisation of reproductive health services were already challenged in Sub-Saharan Africa with the COVID-19 pandemic further complicating the critical situation. This cross-sectional qualitative study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and policy responses to it on the access to, and utilization of reproductive, maternal, child and adolescent health services in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia. It sought to explore the perspectives of women of reproductive age (18-49), frontline health workers and government representatives, all from geographies that are under-researched in this context. Using purposive sampling, key informant and in-depth interviews were carried out w

SUBMITTER: Kuria-Ndiritu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10810520 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature