Barriers and coping mechanisms to accessing healthcare during the COVID-19 lockdown: a cross-sectional survey among patients with chronic diseases in rural …

A Nshimyiryo, DA Barnhart, VK Cubaka… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Large scale physical distancing measures and movement restrictions imposed
to contain COVID-19, often referred to as 'lockdowns', abruptly and ubiquitously restricted …

[HTML][HTML] Seeking healthcare during lockdown: challenges, opportunities and lessons for the future

F Imlach, E McKinlay, J Kennedy… - … journal of health …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: In Aotearoa/New Zealand, the first nation-wide coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) lockdown occurred from March 23, 2020 to May 13, 2020, requiring most people …

Impact of Hospital Closure on Patients with Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional and …

M Komasawa, MN Aung, C Nsereko… - … and Healthcare Policy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and its measures have had a profound impact on
universal access to health services. We investigated the impact of the closure of the Entebbe …

The impact of COVID-19 on care seeking behavior of patients at tertiary care follow-up clinics: a cross-sectional telephone survey. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

TM Aklilu, W Abebe, A Worku, H Tadele, T Haile… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is among
the most obscure global pandemics resulting in diverse health and economic disruptions. It …

Access to primary healthcare during lockdown measures for COVID-19 in rural South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis

MJ Siedner, JD Kraemer, MJ Meyer, G Harling… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives We evaluated whether implementation of lockdown orders in South Africa
affected ambulatory clinic visitation in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN). Design Observational …

[HTML][HTML] Reported barriers to healthcare access and service disruptions caused by COVID-19 in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Nigeria: a telephone survey

N Assefa, A Sié, D Wang, ML Korte… - The American journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have short-term and long-term
impacts on health services across sub-Saharan African countries. A telephone survey in …

Continuum of care for non-communicable diseases during COVID-19 pandemic in rural India: a mixed methods study

B Gummidi, O John, V Jha - … of family medicine and primary care, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in disruption to routine health services
delivery as strict lockdowns were implemented in India and health workforce redeployed for …

The effects of COVID-19 lockdown measures on health and healthcare services in Uganda

D Musoke, S Nalinya, GB Lubega… - PLOS global public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Many countries across the world instituted lockdowns as a measure to prevent the spread of
COVID-19. However, these lockdowns had consequences on health systems. This study …

Self-reported delays in care-seeking in West Africa during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

NE Conboy, A Nickow, JK Awoonor-Williams… - BMC health services …, 2023 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused delays in care-seeking due to fears of
infection and decreased healthcare access globally. These delays have been linked in …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision & utilisation of primary health care services in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kambia district …

K Kasonia, D Tindanbil, J Kitonsa, K Baisley… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction This study aimed to determine whether the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact
on essential primary healthcare services at public primary healthcare facilities. Methods The …