COVID-19 disrupted health systems around the world and threatened access to essential health services, particularly for women and children. The well-being of mothers and infants depends on their continued access to these services. With COVID-19 remaining an ongoing dynamic, what are learned strategies for maintaining essential maternal, newborn, and child health services, family planning, and reproductive health services (MNCH/FP/RH) we can apply to the future? 

Dr. Queen Dube, Chief of Health Services for the Malawi Ministry of Health, and Dr. Babatunde Olatunji, Executive Director for the Oyo State Primary Healthcare Board, share the adaptations and innovations born out of the pandemic that have the potential to be ongoing fixtures of MNCH/FP/RH programs into the future. Can the disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic have a positive effect on health moving forward?