TY - JOUR
KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
KW - Parasitology
KW - Infectious Diseases
KW - General Medicine
AU - Amanyi-Enegela JA
AU - Burn N
AU - Dirisu O
AU - Ebenso B
AU - Sankar G
AU - Ishaya R
AU - Ogoshi C
AU - Kumbur J
AU - Ekweremadu B
AU - Qureshi BM
AB - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
               <jats:p>The first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) interim guidance released by the World Health Organization recommended suspension of non-urgent community health interventions, including mass drug administration (MDA) for neglected tropical diseases. However, with no end in sight for the COVID-19 pandemic, it was crucial to find ways to restart MDA while testing measures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission between health workers, volunteers and communities. Consequently, guidelines were developed for delivering MDA safely in a COVID-19 context and the training and implementation were assessed through an observation checklist. The study also gathered data on the feasibility of using the MDA platform to disseminate COVID-19 health education. The results suggest that delivering MDA safely in a COVID-19 context is possible but revealed significant challenges in using the MDA platform for COVID-19 education.</jats:p>
BT - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
DO - 10.1093/trstmh/trab102
LA - eng
N2 - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
               <jats:p>The first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) interim guidance released by the World Health Organization recommended suspension of non-urgent community health interventions, including mass drug administration (MDA) for neglected tropical diseases. However, with no end in sight for the COVID-19 pandemic, it was crucial to find ways to restart MDA while testing measures to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission between health workers, volunteers and communities. Consequently, guidelines were developed for delivering MDA safely in a COVID-19 context and the training and implementation were assessed through an observation checklist. The study also gathered data on the feasibility of using the MDA platform to disseminate COVID-19 health education. The results suggest that delivering MDA safely in a COVID-19 context is possible but revealed significant challenges in using the MDA platform for COVID-19 education.</jats:p>
PB - Oxford University Press (OUP)
PY - 2021
T2 - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
TI - Lessons from the field: delivering trachoma mass drug administration safely in a COVID-19 context
UR - https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/trstmh/trab102/39270718/trab102.pdf
SN - 0035-9203, 1878-3503
ER -