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Article History

Received: 23 March 2023

Accepted: 16 May 2023

First Online: 20 May 2023

Declarations

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: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School’s institutional review board (IRB) determined the components of this study using secondary data (COVID-19 epidemiology, change in health care utilization and perceptions of health care providers) to be non-human subject research (IRB 14719). National authorization to access the health information system was obtained from the MoH (letter 065 MSP/DIRCAB/CTC-19/AA/20). The primary data component was determined by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School’s IRB as human subject research and received IRB approval 15447. In country IRB was obtained from the Ethical and scientific committee of the University of Bangui on May 17, 2021. Participation in the surveys and focus group discussions was voluntary. Only consenting adult respondents were included.

: Not applicable.

: The authors have declared that they have no competing interests.