In December 2020, PATH conducted a sprint analysis for the Global Delivery Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic was affecting access to and utilization of essential health services. The analysis centered around four questions:

• What do we mean by essential health services?
• Which services are most disrupted?
• What are the reasons for the declines and what have been the mitigating actions?
• What can we expect coverage to look like once lockdowns are lifted/vaccine rollout begins?

Countries highlighted in the analysis include Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Data limitations are acknowledged throughout and some data has been redacted due to public sharing limitations.