Enablers and barriers to implementing cholera interventions in Nigeria: a community-based system dynamics approach.

ABSTRACT: Nigeria accounts for a substantial cholera burden globally, particularly in its northeast region, where insurgency is persistent and widespread. We used participatory group model building workshops to explore enablers and barriers to implementing known cholera interventions, including water, sanitation and hygiene, surveillance and laboratory, case management, community engagement, oral cholera vaccine, and leadership and coordination, as well as exploring leverage points for interventions and collaboration. The study engaged key cholera stakeholders in the northeastern States of Adamawa and Bauchi, as well as national stakeholders in Abuja. Adamawa and Bauchi States' group modes building participants comprised 49 community members and 43 healthcare providers, while the 23 national partici

SUBMITTER: Elimian K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11474597 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature