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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Policy
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1466648

Partnership Coordination for Optimized COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Study of Benue and Niger States

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Saheed D. Isiaka Saheed D. Isiaka 1*Olugbemisola W. Samuel Olugbemisola W. Samuel 1Akolade U. Jimoh Akolade U. Jimoh 2Sunday A. Atobatele Sunday A. Atobatele 2Sidney Sampson Sidney Sampson 2Victor Daniel Victor Daniel 3Joshua C. David Joshua C. David 2Irene O. Okoye Irene O. Okoye 2Zubair Adegoke Zubair Adegoke 2
  • 1 Sydani Institute for Research and Innovation, Abuja, Nigeria
  • 2 Sydani Group, Abuja, Nigeria
  • 3 Havilah Consulting, Kemp House, 152 City Road, London, United Kingdom

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    Background: Developing countries have partnered with non-governmental and development organizations to ensure universal health coverage and promote equity in accessing health services. This study was motivated by the timely and relevant collaborative partnership among the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Sydani Consulting, and other implementing partners at the sub-national level. There is also no evidence of a study on partnership coordination vis-à-vis COVID-19 vaccine optimization.Objective: This study seeks to examine the influence of partnership coordination in Benue and Niger states for optimized COVID-19 vaccination.Methods: This study adopted a qualitative approach to obtain data from purposively selected participants from Benue and Niger states. 56 In-depth and Key informant interviews were conducted. The recorded discussions were transcribed and coded (inductively and deductively) using Dedoose software (v9.0). Four themes and seven sub-themes were generated from the participants' responses.Results: Findings from our study revealed that partners played significant roles in providing support to Benue and Niger states towards the optimization of COVID-19 vaccination in the two states. The provided support alleviated several challenges experienced by the states before the advent of partners in the two states. Partners' roles were assessed using the WHO Health Building Blocks Framework.Our study concludes and finds it plausible that partner collaboration can effectively improve health outcomes for the populace, especially in resource-low settings..

    Keywords: Partnership Coordination, optimization, and COVID-19 Vaccination, case study, Optimized

    Received: 18 Jul 2024; Accepted: 14 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Isiaka, Samuel, Jimoh, Atobatele, Sampson, Daniel, David, Okoye and Adegoke. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Saheed D. Isiaka, Sydani Institute for Research and Innovation, Abuja, Nigeria

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