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Mass drug administration coverage and its determinants for the elimination of onchocerciasis in Ulanga District, Tanzania. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Mhiche AK, Gasarasi D, Kabona G, Hussein A, Mwingira UJ, Abade AM.   +5 more
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Persistence of soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-age children after multiple rounds of mass drug administration in Machame Narumu, Hai District, north-eastern Tanzania. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Matowo JJ, Mwesigwa FM, Nturu CG, Nziku BL, Tenu FF, Kaaya RD.   +5 more
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Safe mass drug administration and trachoma elimination.

Community eye health
David, Addiss, Virginia, Sarah, Nebiyu, Negussu, Paul, Emerson   +3 more
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Mass drug administration of azithromycin: an analysis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2023
WHO recommends mass drug administration (MDA) of the antibiotic azithromycin for children aged 1-11 months in areas with high rates of infant and child mortality. Notwithstanding the substantial potential benefits of lowering childhood mortality, MDA raises understandable concerns about exacerbating antibiotic resistance.In this study, we aimed to ...
Rebecca Kahn, Nir Eyal, Samba O Sow
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Promise and Risks of Newborn Mass Drug Administration

NEJM Evidence, 2022
Global mortality among children younger than 5 years of age has decreased since 1990, yet it remains unacceptably high in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in the World Health Organization's African region.1 Infectious diseases are a leading cause of early childhood mortality, and one approach to reducing their burden in high-prevalence ...
Sagori, Mukhopadhyay, Karen M, Puopolo
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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 salt. Mass drug administrations (MDAs) were generally unsuccessful in interrupting transmission but,
Lorenz, von Seidlein, Brian M, Greenwood
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Mass drug administration to treat lymphatic filariasis

Lancet, The, 2002
Sir—Mass drug administration of one annual dose of diethylcarbamazine citrate and albendazole is currently advocated by WHO for control of lymphatic filariasis in several endemic countries, since this combination is more effective than either drug administered alone.
Balachandran Ravindran
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Exploring network theory for mass drug administration

Trends in Parasitology, 2013
Network theory is a well-established discipline that uses mathematical graphs to describe biological, physical, and social systems. The topologies across empirical networks display strikingly similar organizational properties. In particular, the characteristics of these networks allow computational analysis to contribute data unattainable from ...
Goylette F, Chami, David H, Molyneux, Andreas A, Kontoleon, David W, Dunne   +3 more
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Coverage of mass drug administration and status of mass drug administration program in Bankura district of West Bengal, India

International Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2017
Background: Government of India adopted mass drug administration (MDA) since 2004 for elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) by 2015 AD. MDA implementation in WB has been criticized for low coverage and Government of West Bengal (WB) emphasized directly observed therapy (DOT) (swallowing of medicines under supervision) in MDA implementation ...
SanjayKumar Saha, Dibakar Haldar, Amiya Dwari, Daliya Biswas, Sourav Lo, Saswati Naskar, GautamNarayan Sarkar   +6 more
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Mass drug administration to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in India

Trends in Parasitology, 2004
Mass drug administration (MDA) to eliminate lymphatic filariasis is already in place in 32 out of 83 endemic countries. Expansion of the MDA programme to other countries and within large countries such as India is necessary to achieve the goal of lymphatic filariasis elimination.
Kapa D, Ramaiah, Pradeep K, Das
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