Open AccessEntrepreneurial Potentials of COVID-19 Vaccination
Author(s) -
Ernest Jebolise Chukwuka,
Amahi U. Fidelis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of tropical disease and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-1005
DOI - 10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i1530520
Subject(s) - vaccination , covid-19 , business , entrepreneurship , government (linguistics) , profitability index , sample (material) , production (economics) , descriptive statistics , marketing , medicine , virology , finance , disease , economics , statistics , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , infectious disease (medical specialty) , macroeconomics , pathology
The study investigated the entrepreneurial potentials of COVID-19 vaccination. The objective of the study is to identify entrepreneurial potentials in COVID-19 vaccination, to determine the business viability of COVID-19 vaccine production and to identify how an entrepreneur can contribute to covid-19 vaccination. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The sample of the study was achieved using random sampling technique. The sample for this study was 69 respondents. These respondents were selected sixty nine (69) employees of health Centres and hospitals dispensing COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. The instrument used to collect data was the questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage, mean, standard and chi square. The overall finding of the study are that there is entrepreneurial potential in covid-19 vaccination, sales of vaccine, production of vaccine and distribution of vaccine are the entrepreneurial potentials in COVID-19 vaccination; the study also revealed that there is significant and positive relationship between Covid-19 vaccine production and profitability and It was also discovered that entrepreneurial innovation made Covid-19 vaccines possible and a viable business model. High demand of COVID-19 vaccine, global acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine, effectiveness of the vaccine has made COVID-19 vaccine production a viable business. Base on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made among others that government officials should support a more productive interaction and collaboration between them and pharmaceutical firms with a focus on capacity building for entrepreneurship development.