Effect of COVID-19 on Health Services Use in Bangladesh and Uganda

We used routine health information system data since January 2017 to analyze the effect of COVID-19 on reporting and service utilization for a variety of health services. Based on data availability and completeness rate of the basic essential health services, we selected 11 indicators for Uganda and eight indicators for Bangladesh. The variables included overall attendance in the outpatient department, 1st and 4th antenatal visits, facility deliveries, BCG/measles/DPT/pentavalent vaccines, family planning services, and childhood diarrhea/malaria/pneumonia cases.