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Table 7 Data extraction sheet

From: Resilience of primary healthcare system across low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Literature code

Publication date

Source/citation

Title

Country

Publication type

WHO building block(s)

Targeted services

Health setting

Main outcome/impact

Strategies adopted by countries & key recommendations/lessons learned

SR-1

Dec 2021

https://data.unicef.org/resources/continuity-of-essential-health-services-kenya-malawi-mozambique/

Continuity of essential health services: Study exploring the effect of Covid-19 On Demand for and Utilization of Maternal, New-born & Child Health Services

Kenya

Multi-country cross-sectional study

Service delivery, health workforce & supplies and stock, financing

MNCH & Immunization

Policy, & facility mainly and some aspects of the community

Balancing health emergency response measures with efforts to maintain regular health system function

Data extraction sheet

SR-2

Dec 2021

https://data.unicef.org/resources/continuity-of-essential-health-services-kenya-malawi-mozambique/

Continuity of essential health services: Study exploring the effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic

on the Demand for, and Utilization of, Maternal,

New-born and Child Health Services in Mozambique

Mozambique

Multi-country cross-sectional study

Service delivery & health workforce

MNCH

Policy, facility & community

Increase uptake of MNCH services

Data extraction sheet

SR-3

Dec 2021

https://data.unicef.org/resources/continuity-of-essential-health-services-kenya-malawi-mozambique/

Continuity of essential

Health Services study

exploring the effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Demand for, and Utilization of, Maternal, New-born, and

Child Health Services in Malawi

Malawi

Multi-country cross-sectional study

Service delivery & health workforce

MNCH

Policy & facility level

Uptake of essential MNCH, immunization, and children under 5 years of age services

Data extraction sheet

SR-4

Nov 2021

https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications/i/health-systems-resilience-during-covid-19-lessons-for-building-back-better

Health systems resilience during COVID-19 Lessons for building back better

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia)

Guidance document

Leadership and governance

Health financing, health workforce, service delivery

Health system strengthening (resilience)

 

Support countries in building back better

Data extraction sheet

SR-5

2021

https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/344925

Governance Strategies for building health system resilience

Europe (including LMICS in Europe)

Editorial

Leadership and governance

Health system strengthening (resilience)

Policy/system level

Strengthen the governance of our health systems now to ensure better resilience and performance

Data extraction sheet

SR-6

2021

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/sea-whe-7

Learning from the COVID-19 response to strengthen health security and health systems resilience in the WHO South-East Asia Region

Southeast Asian countries (including LMICS)

Report

All 6 building blocks

Health system strengthening (resilience) and health security

Regional, policy (national), facility & community

Strengthen health security and health systems resilience in the

WHO South-East Asia Region

Data extraction sheet

SR-7

2021

https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/351484

Roles of community health workers in advancing health

security and resilient health systems: emerging lessons

from the COVID-19 response in the South-East Asia Region

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia

Rapid review

Health workforce

Routine outreach services including COVID-19 response

Community level

Advancing health security and resilient health system through CHWs

Data extraction sheet

SR-8

2020

https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/349644

Maintaining essential

health services

during COVID-19: Stories of Resilience and Innovations from

11 states of India

India

Report (stories of resilience)

All 6 building blocks

Routine services of SRMNCAH

Facility and community both

Health system resilience

Data extraction sheet

SR-9

2022

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/363668/9789290234821-eng.pdf?sequence=3

Essential health care service disruption due to COVID-19: Lessons for Sustainability in Nigeria

Nigeria

Policy briefs

All 6 building blocks

All essential health services

Facility and community both

Sustaining essential health services

Data extraction sheet

SR-10

2022

https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/365312

BUILD BACK BETTER Role of frontline health workers in managing the COVID-19 pandemic and delivery of essential health services in Assam

India

Report

Service delivery, health workforce, information system

All essential health services

Facility and community both

Sustaining essential health services (building back better)

Data extraction sheet

SR-11

2021

https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/343752

COVID-19 and measures to ‘build back better’ essential health services to achieve UHC and the health-related SDGs

Southeast Asia member states including all LMICS

Report/updates (regional committee document)

Service delivery, health workforce, health financing, HMIS

Essential services

All levels (regional, national, facility and community)

Building back better

Data extraction sheet

SR-12

2021

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240040595

Maintaining the provision and use of services for maternal, new-born, child, and adolescent health and older people during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lessons learned from 19 countries

Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Bolivia, Brazil, Pakistan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh India, Myanmar, Nepal and Timor-Leste

Report

All except leadership and governance

MNCAH health

and ageing health services (MNCAH)

Both

Maintaining service provision

Data extraction sheet

SR-13

2021

https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/338482

Impact of Covid-19 On SRMNCAH Services, Regional

Strategies, Solutions, and Innovations:

A Comprehensive Report: Joint WHO-UNICEF-UNFPA Initiative for SRMNCAH Programme Officers

from the ministries of health and UN partners

Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Bangladesh, and DPR Korea

Report

All 6 building blocks

SRMNCAH

Both

Continuing SRMNCAH services

Data extraction sheet

SR-14

2021

https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/350527

Containment strategies: lessons from early COVID-19 responses in five African countries

Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Senegal & Nigeria

Report

All 6 building blocks

COVID-19 measures predominately focus on the prevention

System & facility

Containment measures to prevent the spread

Data extraction sheet

SR-15

2021

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8451960/

Morocco’s National Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Public Health Challenges and Lessons Learned

Morocco

Journal article

All 6

COVID-19 measures

System & facility

N/A

Data extraction sheet

SR-16

2021

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/epdf/10.1089/hs.2021.0094

African National Public Health Institutes

Responses to COVID-19:

Innovations, Systems Changes, and Challenges

South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia & Mozambique)

Journal article

All 6

COVID-19 measures predominately

System, facility & community

Not mentioned

Data extraction sheet

SR-17

May 2022

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9073814/

Barriers and facilitators of access to maternal, new-born and child health services during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: findings from a qualitative study

Nigeria

Journal article

Service delivery

MNCH

Facility

Continuation of essential services such as MNCH and immunization services during COVID-19

Data extraction sheet

SR-18

May 2022

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35291514/

Actions and Adaptations Implemented for Maternal, New-born, and Child Health Service Provision During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lagos, Nigeria: Qualitative Study of Health Facility Leaders

Nigeria

Journal article

Service delivery

MNCH

Facility

Optimizing health service provision during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

Data extraction sheet

SR-19

Dec 2022

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35867009/

Understanding changes made to reproductive, maternal, new-born and child health services in Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Pakistan

Journal article

Service delivery

RMNCHN

District headquarters, rural health centres or basic health units

Prevention of delayed or forgone care during a pandemic

Data extraction sheet

SR-20

Mar, 2022

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35321675/

Keeping essential reproductive, maternal, and child health services available during COVID-19 in Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zimbabwe: analysis of early-pandemic policy guidelines

Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

Policy guidelines

Service delivery, health workforce

RMNCH

Facility and outreach

To reduce potential impacts to populations related to RMNCH service delivery during COVID-19

Data extraction sheet

SR-21

Aug 2022

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36041833/

Adapting High Impact Practices in Family Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences from Kenya, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe

Kenya, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe

Article

Service delivery, demand creation and enabling environment

Family planning

Facility and outreach

Adapting high impact practices during COVID-19

Data extraction sheet

SR-22

Jul-19

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34281582/

COVID-19 in Ghana: challenges and countermeasures for maternal health service delivery in public Health facilities

Ghana

Situational update

Service delivery

MHC

Public health facilities

To mitigate the downward trend in maternal health indicators in the region. To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 restrictions

Data extraction sheet

SR-23

Jan-22

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35012970/

Disruptions in maternal health service use during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: experiences from 37 health facilities in low-income and middle-income countries

Haiti, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Sierra Leone

Review

Service delivery

Maternal health

Facility

To prevent a decrease in the use of maternal health services in all countries included in the study except Malawi during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

Data extraction sheet

SR-24

2020

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34521500/

Innovation in Primary health care responses to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa

Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

Qualitative descriptive study

Health workforce and service delivery

MCH, HIV, TB and non-communicable diseases

(NCDs)

Facility

Innovations/actions ensure maintaining essential primary care services and preventing excess mortality from neglect of other conditions especially NCDs (diabetes, hypertension), HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria

Data extraction sheet

SR-25

Jan-23

https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/351493

Maintaining essential health services during the pandemic in Bangladesh: the role of primary health care supported by routine health information system

Bangladesh

Report

Unspecified

All essential health services

Facility

Mitigate and build resilient PHC facilities in Bangladesh

Data extraction sheet

SR-26

Feb 2021

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/351477/SEAJPH2021V10S1P26-eng.pdf?sequence=1

Emerging good practices and lessons learned to maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 Pandemic

South-East Asian Countries

Report

All 6 building blocks

All essential health services

Facility

To overcome the disruption of essential health services in the South-East Asia Region

Data extraction sheet