Covid-19 pandemic impact on maternal and child health services access in Nampula, Mozambique: a mixed methods research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Covid-19 pandemic has so far infected more than 30 million people in the world, having major impact on global health with collateral damage. In Mozambique, a public state of emergency was declared at the end of March 2020. This has limited people's movements and reduced public services, leading to a decrease in the number of people accessing health care facilities. An implementation research project, The Alert Community for a Prepared Hospital, has been promoting access to maternal and child health care, in Natikiri, Nampula, for the last four years. Nampula has the second highest incidence of Covid-19. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of Covid-19 pandemic Government restrictions on access to maternal and child healthcare services. We compared health

SUBMITTER: das Neves Martins Pires PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8381138 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature