DEWORMING DELUSIONS? MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION IN EAST AFRICAN SCHOOLS [PDF]
Journal of Biosocial Science, 2016 SummaryRecent debates about deworming school-aged children in East Africa have been described as the ‘Worm Wars’. The stakes are high. Deworming has become one of the top priorities in the fight against infectious diseases. Staff at the World Health Organization, the Gates Foundation and the World Bank (among other institutions) have endorsed the ...
Allen, Tim, Parker, Melissa
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Feasibility and safety of mass drug coadministration with azithromycin and ivermectin for the control of neglected tropical diseases: a single-arm intervention trial [PDF]
The Lancet Global Health, 2018 Summary: Background: Mass drug administration has made a major contribution to the public health control of several important neglected tropical diseases.
Lucia Romani, PhD +10 more
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Diffusion of treatment in social networks and mass drug administration [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2017 Mass drug administration depends on the distributors’ contact with community members. Using data of deworming treatment distribution from Ugandan villages, the authors show that community medicine distributors with tightly-knit friendship connections ...
Goylette F. Chami +6 more
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Serology for trachoma surveillance after cessation of mass drug administration. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BackgroundTrachoma, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Yearly azithromycin mass drug administration (MDA) plays a central role in efforts to eliminate blinding trachoma as a public health problem.
Diana L Martin +13 more
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Evaluation of Triple Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis in Prayagraj District, Uttar Pradesh, India: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: Unplanned urbanisation and improper sanitary system in many cities in a developing country increase cases of vector borne diseases. Among these, filariasis is a major health problem in India.
Khurshid Parveen, Lal Divakar Singh
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Mass drug administration for malaria [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021 Studies evaluating mass drug administration (MDA) in malarious areas have shown reductions in malaria immediately following the intervention. However, these effects vary by endemicity and are not sustained. Since the 2013 version of this Cochrane Review on this topic, additional studies have been published.Primary objectives To assess the sustained ...
Shah, Monica P +5 more
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Ivermectin for malaria control in mass drug administration programmes [PDF]
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2022 Astrid C. Erber, Robert Colebunders
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Cessation of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in Zanzibar in 2006: was transmission interrupted? [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is targeted for elimination through annual mass drug administration (MDA) for 4-6 years. In 2006, Zanzibar stopped MDA against LF after five rounds of MDA revealed no microfilaraemic individuals during surveys at ...
Cullen, Katelyn J +10 more
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Mass drug administration for malaria [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013 Mass drug administration (MDA), defined as the empiric administration of a therapeutic antimalarial regimen to an entire population at the same time, has been a historic component of many malaria control and elimination programmes, but is not currently recommended.
Poirot, Eugenie +5 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 Background Preventative chemotherapy and mass drug administration have been identified as effective strategies for the prevention, treatment, control and elimination of several NTDs in the Asia-Pacific region.
Elke Mitchell +8 more
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