Continuity of essential oral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in the who African region: Results of a member state survey and policy recommendations
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted essential health services globally, raising particular concerns in the African Region on account of the low resilience of its health systems. Overstretched health systems can be overwhelmed easily by the increasing focus on COVID-19 and its response (1). Additionally, health care-seeking behaviour has been affected by various factors, such as movement restrictions and concerns about infection risks at health care facilities, especially during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
