Mass Drug Administration Sample Clauses

Mass Drug Administration. The World Health Organization recommends mass drug administration (MDA) – treating every member of a defined at-risk population at the same time, repeated annually– as preventative chemotherapy in LF-endemic areas [5]. With consistent MDA, the density of MF in the blood of infected individuals is reduced to a level at which the parasites can no longer be transmitted by the mosquito vector. As community-level MF loads are continually reduced, year- over-year, the cycle of transmission is eventually broken as the adult worms die off [1]. There are three drugs recommended for LF treatment: albendazole, diethylcarbamazine (DEC), and ivermectin. Depending on location5, the drugs are typically used in combination to enhance their anti-filarial effectiveness, as either DEC/albendazole or ivermectin/albendazole . Recent trials 5 DEC use is contraindicated in areas of the world where Loa Loa or Onchocerca volvulus are endemic due to the high likelihood of severe adverse events in patients infected with these parasites. Neither are present in Hispaniola. have now demonstrated that a triple-drug therapy, combing ivermectin, DEC, and albendazole (XXX) can safely eliminate MF from the blood within 2-3 weeks, rather than multiple years using the standard two-drug combinations [35,36]. Several countries, including Haiti, are currently preparing strategies to integrate XXX into MDA campaigns. To assess the effectiveness of MDA over time and determine when MDA can be safely stopped, three measures are used to evaluate MDA coverage: 1) geographic coverage (% of a geographic area where pills are available); 2) drug coverage (proportion of individuals in a target population who ingest the drug); and 3) epidemiologic drug coverage6 (proportion of individuals in the implementation unit who ingest the drug of the total population in the implementation unit) [6]. To effectively reduce transmission, the WHO recommends drug coverage of at least 65% for 4-6 years [4].
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