Johannesburg Health District, South Africa

Case study on the role of safety and facility operations in South Africa's preparedness to maintain essential services throughout the pandemic, especially in restructuring clinic flow in response to the pandemic. Published May 2020.

Adjusting Facility Operations to Promote Safety and Maintain Access to Routine and Essential Services in Johannesburg, South Africa.pdf

Kerala, India

Case study on a community-centered clinical service delivery model for at-risk pediatric patients during Covid-19, involving the public health system and the police network to ensure continuity of care for children with inborn errors of immunity. Includes evaluation of the patient/family experience, suggestions for improvement, challenges, and looking forward post-lockdown to continue the service. Published November 2020.

Building on an Ad Hoc Covid-19 Response to Enhance Community-based Care for Vulnerable Children in Kerala, India.pdf

Last Mile Health, Liberia

Case study on Liberia's use of community health workers to maintain continuous access to both Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 services. , including lessons learned from their experience during the Ebola epidemic, the "no touch" policy implemented to allow continuity of community-based services, their experience with task shifting. and challenges to national implementation.

Ensuring Access to Routine and Essential Services During Covid-19 Through Community-based Services in Liberia

Johannesburg Health District, South Africa

Case study on the Johannesburg Health District's experience in restructuring clinic flow to ensure the safety of patients and staff and maintain routine and essential PHC service delivery, including managing the general flow of the clinic in three "zones" to facilitate appropriate triaging and control one-way clinic flow.

Adjusting Facility Operations to Promote Safety and Maintain Access to Routine and Essential Services in Johannesburg, South Africa

The Lancet, various African countries

Risk-benefit analysis of health benefits versus excess risk of routine childhood immunization during the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa, concluding the following: "For every one excess COVID-19 death attributable to SARS-CoV-2 infections acquired during routine vaccination clinic visits, 84 (95% UI 14–267) deaths in children could be prevented by sustaining routine childhood immunisation in Africa." Published July 2020.

Routine childhood immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a benefit-risk analysis of health benefits versus excess risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Pakistan

Report from GAVI on Pakistan's maintainence of routine immunization during the Covid-19 pandemic. Published July 2020.

How is Pakistan maintaining routine immunisation despite the COVID-19 pandemic?