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Role of mass drug administration in elimination of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a consensus modelling study

The Lancet Global Health, 2017
Background: Mass drug administration for elimination of Plasmodium falciparum malaria is recommended by WHO in some settings. We used consensus modelling to understand how to optimise the effects of mass drug administration in areas with low malaria ...
Oliver J Brady, DPhil, Hannah C Slater, PhD, Peter Pemberton-Ross, PhD, Edward Wenger, PhD, Richard J Maude, MD, Prof Azra C Ghani, PhD, Melissa A Penny, PhD, Jaline Gerardin, PhD, Prof Lisa J White, PhD, Nakul Chitnis, PhD, Ricardo Aguas, PhD, Simon I Hay, DSc, Prof David L Smith, PhD, Erin M Stuckey, PhD, Emelda A Okiro, PhD, Prof Thomas A Smith, PhD, Dr Lucy C Okell, PhD   +16 more
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Cost and community acceptability of enhanced antibiotic distribution approaches for trachoma in the Republic of South Sudan: enhancing the A in SAFE (ETAS) study protocol

BMC Ophthalmology, 2023
Background The World Health Organization targeted trachoma for global elimination as a public health problem by 2030. Reaching elimination thresholds by the year 2030 in the Republic of South Sudan will be a considerable challenge, as the country ...
Angelia M. Sanders, Samuel Makoy, Andrew R. Deathe, Stephen Ohidor, Timothy C. Jesudason, Andrew W. Nute, Patrick Odongi, Lochebe Boniface, Stella Abuba, Alexis S. Delahaut, Wilson Sebit, James Niquette, E. Kelly Callahan, Damian G. Walker, Scott D. Nash   +14 more
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Modelling strategies to break transmission of lymphatic filariasis - aggregation, adherence and vector competence greatly alter elimination

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background With ambitious targets to eliminate lymphatic filariasis over the coming years, there is a need to identify optimal strategies to achieve them in areas with different baseline prevalence and stages of control.
M. A. Irvine, L. J. Reimer, S. M. Njenga, S. Gunawardena, L. Kelly-Hope, M. Bockarie, T. D. Hollingsworth   +6 more
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Directly observed treatment increases drug compliance in lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration

Universa Medicina, 2016
Backgroud. Mass drug administration (MDA) has been one of the strategies for lymphatic filariasis elimination. Since the start of implementation in 2011 in Pekalongan, no study on MDA acceptability has yet been done.
Tutik Ida Rosanti, Sugeng Juwono Mardihusodo, Wayan T. Artama   +2 more
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Awareness of and participation in mass drug administration programs used for onchocerciasis control in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, Ghana

Global Health Research and Policy, 2023
Background Studies on Mass drug administration (MDA) in Ghana targeting various diseases, have mostly focused on factors that affect coverage and compliance to MDA with limited focus on evidence regarding awareness and community perception of the program.
Francis Adjei Osei, Sam Kofi Tekyi Newton, Isaac Nyanor, Eugene Osei-Yeboah, Evans Xorse Amuzu, Nicholas Karikari Mensah, Obed Ofori Nyarko, Ernest Amanor, Samuel Frimpong Odoom, Suraj Yawnumah Abubakar, Mathias Dongyele, Aliyu Mohammed, Ofeibea Asare, Stephanie Boadi, Peter Furu, Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch, Ellis Owusu-Dabo   +16 more
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Persistence of onchocerciasis in villages in Enugu and Ogun states in Nigeria following many rounds of mass distribution of ivermectin

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Onchocerciasis is endemic in most local government areas (LGAs) in Enugu and Ogun states. Most meso- and hyper-endemic LGAs have received many rounds of ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA).
Uwem F. Ekpo, Obiora A. Eneanya, Edith N. Nwankwo, Islamiat Y. Soneye, Gary J. Weil, Peter U. Fischer, Obioma C. Nwaorgu   +6 more
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Emerging antihelminthic drug resistance: Implications for mass drug administration program

​​​One Health Bulletin
Soil transmitted helminth infections and lymphatic diseases are significant neglected tropical diseases that pose public health challenges in both low and middle economic populations.
Agarwal Harshita, Rajkumari Nonika
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Stopping azithromycin mass drug administration for trachoma: A systematic review.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends continuing azithromycin mass drug administration (MDA) for trachoma until endemic regions drop below 5% prevalence of active trachoma in children aged 1-9 years.
Hamidah Mahmud, Emma Landskroner, Abdou Amza, Solomon Aragie, William W Godwin, Anna de Hostos Barth, Kieran S O'Brien, Thomas M Lietman, Catherine E Oldenburg   +8 more
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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

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, Michael Marks, PhD, Oliver Sokana, MPH, Titus Nasi, MCH, Bakaai Kamoriki, Handan Wand, PhD, Margot J Whitfeld, FACD, Daniel Engelman, FRACP, Anthony W Solomon, FRCP, Andrew C Steer, ProfPhD, John M Kaldor, ProfPhD   +10 more
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Entomological impact of mass administration of ivermectin and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in The Gambia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Vector control interventions in sub-Saharan Africa rely on insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying. Insecticide resistance, poor coverage of interventions, poor quality nets and changes in vector behavior threaten the ...
Harouna M. Soumare, Edgard Diniba Dabira, Muhammed M. Camara, Lamin Jadama, Pa Modou Gaye, Sainey Kanteh, Ebrima A. Jawara, Amie Kolleh Njie, Fatou Sanneh, Mamadou Ousman Ndiath, Steven W. Lindsay, Bakary Conteh, Sainey Ceesay, Nuredin Mohammed, Michael Ooko, John Bradley, Chris Drakeley, Annette Erhart, Teun Bousema, Umberto D’Alessandro   +19 more
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