Effectiveness of health partners coordination for COVID-19 pandemic response in Nepal.
<h4>Background</h4>Nepal established the health partner coordination for COVID-19 response based on national and international plans and framework to support information-sharing for decision- making and course correction. This paper aims to assess the performance of COVID-19 Health Partn...
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| author | Sangeeta Kaushal Mishra Samir Kumar Adhikari Pavan Kumar Sah Allison Eugenio Gocotano Subash Neupane Barsha Thapa Gaurav Devkota |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Nepal established the health partner coordination for COVID-19 response based on national and international plans and framework to support information-sharing for decision- making and course correction. This paper aims to assess the performance of COVID-19 Health Partner Coordination response in Nepal by adopting coordination best practices and tools from the international humanitarian cluster system.<h4>Methods</h4>Secondary data from unpublished documents on health partner coordination for COVID-19 response in Nepal was collected and analysed from April 2023 to May 2023. The secondary data were from the review of the health partner coordination meetings conducted for COVID-19 response using a researcher-developed document review tool, responses of health partners on a survey tool adapted from the cluster coordination performance monitoring tool from the Global Health Cluster, and transcript of Focused Group Discussion among health partners. Descriptive analysis of quantitative information and thematic analysis with predefined themes of qualitative information were performed using MS Excel and MS Word respectively. A written approval from the Ministry of Health and Population and an ethical clearance from the Nepal Health Research Council was obtained before conducting the study.<h4>Results</h4>More than three-fifths of the meetings showed good results in conduction, process, participation, and documentation of meeting action points with improvement required for follow-up (22.2%). Assessment of health partner coordination subfunctions resulted in either 'good' (>75.0%) or 'satisfactory' (50.1%-75.0%) except for prioritization based on analyses, which was 'unsatisfactory' (<50%). Partners admired good practices of health partner coordination, pointed out some issues, and provided recommendations.<h4>Conclusion</h4>COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of effective coordination of health sector for response to a pandemic. Continuation of this practice after addressing the areas for improvement will contribute to health preparedness and readiness for future disasters or public health emergencies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-de9c17eae6644e1bad56303a8d32ec742025-08-20T03:46:20ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-011910e030894110.1371/journal.pone.0308941Effectiveness of health partners coordination for COVID-19 pandemic response in Nepal.Sangeeta Kaushal MishraSamir Kumar AdhikariPavan Kumar SahAllison Eugenio GocotanoSubash NeupaneBarsha ThapaGaurav Devkota<h4>Background</h4>Nepal established the health partner coordination for COVID-19 response based on national and international plans and framework to support information-sharing for decision- making and course correction. This paper aims to assess the performance of COVID-19 Health Partner Coordination response in Nepal by adopting coordination best practices and tools from the international humanitarian cluster system.<h4>Methods</h4>Secondary data from unpublished documents on health partner coordination for COVID-19 response in Nepal was collected and analysed from April 2023 to May 2023. The secondary data were from the review of the health partner coordination meetings conducted for COVID-19 response using a researcher-developed document review tool, responses of health partners on a survey tool adapted from the cluster coordination performance monitoring tool from the Global Health Cluster, and transcript of Focused Group Discussion among health partners. Descriptive analysis of quantitative information and thematic analysis with predefined themes of qualitative information were performed using MS Excel and MS Word respectively. A written approval from the Ministry of Health and Population and an ethical clearance from the Nepal Health Research Council was obtained before conducting the study.<h4>Results</h4>More than three-fifths of the meetings showed good results in conduction, process, participation, and documentation of meeting action points with improvement required for follow-up (22.2%). Assessment of health partner coordination subfunctions resulted in either 'good' (>75.0%) or 'satisfactory' (50.1%-75.0%) except for prioritization based on analyses, which was 'unsatisfactory' (<50%). Partners admired good practices of health partner coordination, pointed out some issues, and provided recommendations.<h4>Conclusion</h4>COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of effective coordination of health sector for response to a pandemic. Continuation of this practice after addressing the areas for improvement will contribute to health preparedness and readiness for future disasters or public health emergencies.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308941 |
| spellingShingle | Sangeeta Kaushal Mishra Samir Kumar Adhikari Pavan Kumar Sah Allison Eugenio Gocotano Subash Neupane Barsha Thapa Gaurav Devkota Effectiveness of health partners coordination for COVID-19 pandemic response in Nepal. PLoS ONE |
| title | Effectiveness of health partners coordination for COVID-19 pandemic response in Nepal. |
| title_full | Effectiveness of health partners coordination for COVID-19 pandemic response in Nepal. |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of health partners coordination for COVID-19 pandemic response in Nepal. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of health partners coordination for COVID-19 pandemic response in Nepal. |
| title_short | Effectiveness of health partners coordination for COVID-19 pandemic response in Nepal. |
| title_sort | effectiveness of health partners coordination for covid 19 pandemic response in nepal |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308941 |
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