Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis of Civil Society Organisations for Immunisation in a Nigerian Rural Community

The authors address that Nigeria's immunisation program suffered set-backs in recent years due to socio-cultural, religious and health system barriers. Grassroots Civil Society Organisations (CSO) could play a role in addressing some of these barriers with resultant increase in demand for and uptake of immunisation services. The objective of this study was to carry out strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis of grassroots CSO regarding engagement for increasing demand for and uptake of immunisation services. The CSOs have the numerical strength to carry out immunisation advocacy, communication and social mobilization. There is pool of non-CSO community members who are willing to volunteer. However, some of the CSOs are not good in record keeping. There are also several security threats due to communal clashes. There are several strengths and opportunities that the CSOs can leverage on while dealing with identified weaknesses and threats in order to contribute towards increasing the demand for and uptake of immunisation services in this community.

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Etokidem, A. J., F. Nkpoyen, C. Ekanem, E. Mpama, and A. Isika (2020). Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis of Civil Society Organisations for Immunisation in a Nigerian Rural Community. West African Journal of Medicine. 2020;37(6):650-655. PMID: 33185261.