Public-private partnership to rapidly strengthen and scale COVID-19 response in Western Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In Africa almost half of healthcare services are delivered through private sector providers. These are often underused in national public health responses. To support and accelerate the public sector's COVID-19 response, we facilitated recruitment of additional private sector capacity by initiating a public-private partnership (PPP) in Kisumu County, Kenya. In this manuscript we demonstrate this PPP's performance.

Methods

COVID-19 diagnostic testing formed the basis for a PPP between Kenyan Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Department of Health Kisumu County, PharmAccess Foundation, and local faith-based and private healthcare facilities: COVID-Dx. First phase COVID-Dx was implemented from June 01, 2020, to March 31, 2021 in Kisumu County, Kenya. Trained labor

SUBMITTER: van Duijn S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9887331 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature