[Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care activities in the Department of Pediatrics at the Albert Royer National Children's Hospital: preliminary study comparing the first quarter of 2019 and 2020].

Introduction: the purpose of our study was to assess the impact of COVID-19 on health care activities and prescriptions at the Albert Royer National Children´s Hospital in Dakar, Senegal.

Methods: we conducted a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study comparing outpatient activity, hospitalizations and prescriptions over the first-quarter of 2019 and 2020.

Results: an average drop in external consultations of 33% was reported in the first quarter of 2020 (the pandemic period) compared to the first quarter of 2019.