Testing for COVID-19 in Latvia: Analysis of Public–Private Partnerships-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Testing for COVID-19 in Latvia: Analysis of Public–Private Partnerships

Published:2024-02-01 Issue:1 Volume:78 Page:111-116
ISSN:2255-890X
Container-title:Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
language:en
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Author:

Kaļva Arturs¹,Orlovs Dāvids²,Briģis Girts¹,Kruks Sergejs³,Šmits Dins¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences , Rīga Stradiņš University , 16 Dzirciema Str ., Rīga , , Latvia

2. Department of Radiology, Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital; Faculty of Residency , Rīga Stradiņš University , 16 Dzirciema Str ., Rīga , , Latvia

3. Department of Communication Culture and Multimedia, Faculty of Social Sciences , Rīga Stradiņš University , 16 Dzirciema Str ., Rīga , , Latvia

Abstract

Abstract Private–public partnership is a collaboration between two major sectors of a municipalities economy. It is a so called “win-win” partnership, where both parties can benefit in achieving their planned goals while working jointly. In December 2019, in China, the first reported cases of COVID-19 were detected. The virus spread quickly throughout China and reached Latvia in March 2020. In this study we analyse the role of private–public partnerships in organising effective COVID-19 testing of the population in Latvia. By 1 June 2020, Latvia had the 3rd lowest incidence of COVID-19-caused deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. This study included a systematic review, data acquisition, analysis of the findings, and conclusions were drawn and discussed. During the 1st wave of the pandemic, the private sector collected and conducted more than 95% of the COVID-19 testing in Latvia. The study showed that there could be many contributing factors to success of Latvia during the 1st wave of the pandemic, one of which was that Latvia seemed to rely more on the private sector to organise the testing, which seemed to pay off at first.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/prolas-2024-0016

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