Impact of COVID-19 on selected essential public health services - lessons learned from a retrospective record review in the Free State, South Africa

• Main Authors: Christo Heunis (Author), Perpetual Chikobvu (Author), Michel Muteba (Author), Gladys Kigozi-Male (Author), Michelle Engelbrecht (Author), Providence Mushori (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In an attempt to discern lessons to improve future pandemic responses, this study measured the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on essential public health services (EPHSs) related to primary health care (PHC) and outpatient department (OPD) utilisation, antiretroviral treatment (...