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Table 1 Typology of private sector actors engaging in the COVID-19 pandemic response across the DRC, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda

From: Private sector engagement in the COVID-19 response: experiences and lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda

 

DRC

Nigeria

Senegal

Uganda

Private for-profit

Health

• Laboratory testing companies

• Hospitals & clinics,

• Manufacturers of therapeutics

• Laboratory testing companies

• Hospitals & clinics,

• Ambulatory service companies

• Laboratory testing companies

• Hospitals & clinics,

• Rapid test manufacturing companies

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) manufacturing companies

• Hand sanitizer manufacturers

• Laboratory testing companies

• Hospitals & clinics

• Rapid test manufacturing companies

• Hotels for quarantine & isolation

Non-Health

• Telecom companies

 

• Financial institutions e.g. banks

• Telecom companies

• Media companies

• Manufacturing companies

• Transport companies

• Ambulance service companies

Private not-for-profit

Health

• Hospitals

• Health information system companies such as Bluesquare

• Laboratory testing companies

• Multilateral organizations, e.g., WB, WHO, UNICEF, CDC

• Coalitions, e.g., CACOVID,

• Multilateral organizations e.g. WHO, UNICEF, US CDC

• Multilateral organizations e.g., WHO, UNICEF, US CDC

• Multilateral organizations e.g., WHO, UNICEF, US CDC

• Hospitals

• Civil Society Organizations

Non- health

 

• Donations by private individuals, Private foundations e.g., Kensington Adebutu Foundation

• Religious institutions

 

• Associations e.g., Uganda Bankers Association

• Private individuals providing food, IPC materials, transport for the sick