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The impact of COVID-19 on health service utilization in sub-Saharan Africa – a scoping review

2023-12-06

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<h4>Introduction: </h4> The Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic has undoubtedly exposed weaknesses in health systems, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite comparatively low rates of COVID-19 admissions and recorded deaths in SSA, the pandemic still had a significant impact on health service utilization (HSU). The aim of this scoping review is to synthesize the available evidence on HSU in SSA du...

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-3668665/v1
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