Open AccessAn evaluation of mass drug administration compliance against filariasis of Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh-A household-based community study
Author(s) -
Sandeep Singh,
Meena Patel,
SS Kushwah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.117395
Subject(s) - mass drug administration , medicine , lymphatic filariasis , environmental health , population , filariasis , rural area , demography , pediatrics , pathology , sociology , immunology , helminths
Mass drug administration (MDA) means once-in-a-year administration of diethyl carbamazine (DEC) tablet to all people (excluding children under 2 years, pregnant women and severely ill persons) in identified endemic areas. It aims at cessation of transmission of lymphatic filariasis.