This brief is organized by seven of the 10 World Health Oganization strategies for maintaining essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic:

• Prioritize essential health services and adapt to changing contexts and needs.
• Establish safe and effective patient flow at all levels (which was operationalized in a more general way as “Improved infection Prevention Measures in Health Facilities”).
• Rapidly optimize health workforce capacity.
• Maintain the availability of essential medications, equipment, and supplies.
• Strengthen communication strategies to support the appropriate use of essential services.
• Strengthen the monitoring of essential health services.
• Use digital platforms to support essential health service delivery.