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Costs of mass drug administration for scabies in Fiji.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 In 2019, the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in partnership with the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services carried out an integrated mass drug administration (MDA) for the treatment of scabies and lymphatic filariasis in the Northern ...
Maria Mow +14 more
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FILARIASIS DISTRIBUTION AND COVERAGE OF MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2019 Background: Filariasis is still a serious health problem in Indonesia. One of the endemic areas is Demak, which implemented a mass drug administration (MDA) elimination programme in 2016. However, filariasis was still found in 2017–18.
Ikha Solikha, M. Sakundarno Adi
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Mass drug administration for endemic scabies: a systematic review [PDF]
Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2021 Background Scabies is an extremely fastidious infestation caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite. It causes a persistent itch that can disrupt a person’s mental health, sleep, and overall quality of life.
Giulia Rinaldi, Kholoud Porter
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Ethical considerations in an era of mass drug administration [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2013 In a Plenary debate at the 51st Spring meeting of the British Society of Parasitology, Bristol, UK, April 8–11, 2013, the bioethicist James Wilson used the value of a life in the present and future to question the effectiveness of current health ...
Lazarou, Luke, Wharam, Barney
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Mass administrations of antimalarial drugs.
Trends in Parasitology, 2003 Administration of antimalarial drugs to whole populations has been used as a malaria-control measure for more than 70 years. Drugs have been administered either directly as a full therapeutic course of treatment or indirectly through the fortification of
Greenwood, Brian M, von Seidlein, Lorenz
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Deworming delusions? Mass drug administration in East African schools [PDF]
Journal of Biosocial Science, 2016 Recent 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.
Allen, Tim, Parker, Melissa
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Multidrug-resistant malaria and the impact of mass drug administration
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2018 Janie Anne Zuber, Shannon Takala-Harrison Division of Malaria Research, Institute for Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Abstract: Based on the emergence and spread throughout the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS ...
Zuber JA, Takala-Harrison S
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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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Review of mass drug administration for malaria and its operational challenges. [PDF]
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015 Mass drug administration (MDA) was a component of many malaria programs during the eradication era, but later was seldomly deployed due to concerns regarding efficacy and feasibility and fear of accelerating drug resistance.
Chen, Ingrid +12 more
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Effectiveness of azithromycin mass drug administration on trachoma: a systematic review
Chinese Medical Journal, 2021 Backgrounds:. Azithromycin mass drug administration (MDA) is a key part of the strategy for controlling trachoma. This systematic review aimed to comprehensively summarize the present studies of azithromycin MDA on trachoma; provide an overview of the ...
Tao Xiong +14 more
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