This brief builds on the September 2020 “Responding to COVID-19 in Africa: Using Data to Find a Balance” report from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC). It delves deeper into findings from PERC’s 24,000-person survey conducted in 18 African Union (AU) Member States between 4 and 17 August 2020 to assess the extent of self-reported disruptions to essential health services brought on by COVID-19, to analyze who is most at risk, and to identify the common barriers reported by respondents when attempting to access care. As Africa enters its second wave of the pandemic, with cases increasing in the last few weeks, this analysis is ever more important in helping governments ensure that when strict PHSMs are reinstated, health access does not falter.
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