Quality of routine health data at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia, Haiti, Laos, Nepal, and South Africa

• Main Authors: Wondimu Ayele (Author), Anna Gage (Author), Neena R. Kapoor (Author), Solomon Kassahun Gelaw (Author), Dilipkumar Hensman (Author), Anagaw Derseh Mebratie (Author), Adiam Nega (Author), Daisuke Asai (Author), Gebeyaw Molla (Author), Suresh Mehata (Author), Londiwe Mthethwa (Author), Nompumelelo Gloria Mfeka-Nkabinde (Author), Jean Paul Joseph (Author), Daniella Myriam Pierre (Author), Roody Thermidor (Author), Catherine Arsenault (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and researchers have used routine health data to estimate potential declines in the delivery and uptake of essential health services. This research relies on the data being high quality and, crucially, on the data quality not changing bec...