Most governments have enacted physical or social distancing measures to control COVID-
19 transmission. Yet little is known about the socio-economic trade-offs of these measures …

Background Public health emergencies can disrupt the provision of and access to essential
health-care services, exacerbating health crises. We aimed to assess the effect of the COVID …

Background During the initial phase of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, reduced numbers of acutely ill or injured children presented to emergency …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected health systems in many
countries, but little is known about effects on health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. This …

Objective To assess the impact of epidemics and pandemics on the utilisation of paediatric
emergency care services to provide health policy advice. Setting Systematic review. Design …

Background Uncontrolled infection and lockdown measures introduced in response have
resulted in an unprecedented challenge for health systems internationally. Whether such …

Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is still ongoing and a major challenge for
health care services worldwide. In the first WSES COVID-19 emergency surgery survey, a …

Background Excess mortality has been used to assess the overall health impact of COVID-
19 across countries. Democracies aim to build trust in government and enable checks and …

COVID-19 has had devastating effects on health systems but reports from sub-Saharan
Africa are few. We compared inpatient admissions, diagnostic tests performed, clinical …

SETTING: Six hospitals in four sub-Saharan African countries. OBJECTIVE: To examine the
indirect effects of COVID-19 on health service utilisation and to explore the risk of bias in …