The Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic and the challenge of healthcare infrastructure in Nigeria: what role for public-private partnerships?

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Arimoro, A.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-8698-9328, 2020. The Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic and the challenge of healthcare infrastructure in Nigeria: what role for public-private partnerships? Theoretical and Applied Law, 2020 (2), pp. 19-35. ISSN 2686-7834

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202006.0340.v1

Abstract

While it is not new that Nigeria is challenged by a huge infrastructure deficit, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the country’s comatose healthcare system. Given the country’s dwindling revenue, massive debt profile and the inability of the public-sector to efficiently manage public facilities in the country, this paper examines how the public-private partnership model of infrastructure procurement can be deployed as a solution for Nigeria’s healthcare crisis. In addition to the above, this paper takes a look at how a partnership with the private sector can aid Nigeria’s quest towards achieving healthcare-related Sustainable Development Goals. The paper also considers two healthcare-based projects as case studies to serve as lessons for future projects in the country. Among others, the paper recommends a holistic long-term solution for the country’s healthcare needs.

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Journal article

Alternative Title:

Пандемия коронавируса (COVID-19) как вызов системе здравоохранения Нигерии: роль государственно-частного партнерства?

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Article in Russian in Theoretical and Applied Law = Teoreticheskaya i prikladnaya yurisprudentsiya

Publication Title:

Theoretical and Applied Law

Creators:

Arimoro, A.E.

Publisher:

The North-West Institute of Management, Branch of Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)