Bottlenecks, concerns and needs in malaria operational research: the perspectives of key stakeholders in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We conducted a study to determine stakeholders' perspective of the bottlenecks, concerns and needs to malaria operational research (MOR) agenda setting in Nigeria.

Results

Eighty-five (37.9%) stakeholders identified lack of positive behavioural change as the major bottleneck to MOR across the malaria thematic areas comprising of malaria prevention 58.8% (50), case management 34.8% (39), advocacy communication and social mobilisation 4.7% (4) while procurement and supply chain management (PSM) and programme management experts had the least response of 1.2% (1) each. Other bottlenecks were inadequate capacity to implement (13.8%, n = 31), inadequate funds (11.6%, n = 26), poor supply management (9.4%, n = 21), administrative bureaucracy (5.8%, n = 13), inadequacy of

SUBMITTER: Onyiah P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5935974 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature