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Community engagement in mass drug administration participatory interventions: A scoping review. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Community engagement (CE) has been increasingly acknowledged as a pivotal element in the efficacy of mass drug administration (MDA) programs designed to control and eradicate diseases such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, and onchocerciasis.
Chouaïd A, Louart S, Faye A, Ba EH, Landier J, Ridde V.   +5 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, Hwang, Jimee, Choi, Leslie, Lindblade, Kim A, Kachur, S Patrick, Desai, Meghna   +5 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, Skarbinski, Jacek, Sinclair, David, Kachur, S Patrick, Slutsker, Laurence, Hwang, Jimee   +5 more
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Community perceptions and acceptability of mass drug administration for the control of neglected tropical diseases in Asia-Pacific countries: A systematic scoping review of qualitative research

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, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Alison Krentel, Lucia Romani, Leanne J. Robinson, Susana Vaz Nery, John Kaldor, Andrew C. Steer, Stephen Bell   +8 more
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Mass drug administration: the importance of synchrony [PDF]

Mathematical Medicine and Biology: A Journal of the IMA, 2016
Mass drug administration, a strategy in which all individuals in a population are subject to treatment without individual diagnosis, has been recommended by the World Health Organization for controlling and eliminating several neglected tropical diseases, including trachoma and soil-transmitted helminths.
Gao, Daozhou, Lietman, Thomas M, Dong, Chao-Ping, Porco, Travis C   +3 more
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Assessing the impact of a missed mass drug administration in Haiti. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disfiguring and debilitating parasitic disease that is endemic in 81 countries, placing a staggering 1.3 billion people at risk for filarial infection [1]. In 1997, the World Health Assembly resolved to eliminate LF as a public health problem, and in 2000, the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was
Kimberly Y Won, Madsen Beau de Rochars, Dominique Kyelem, Thomas G Streit, Patrick J Lammie   +4 more
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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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Antimalarial mass drug administration: ethical considerations [PDF]

International Health, 2016
Falciparum malaria is a major cause of death and illness in tropical countries, particularly in childhood. In endemic countries, a significant proportion of the community is infected with malaria asymptomatically. One promising way to eliminate malaria is to give the entire population malaria treatment. This is called mass drug administration (MDA) and
Cheah, PY, White, NJ
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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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