Cost and budget impact of mass drug administration compared to expanded school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmitted helminth control in Zamboanga Peninsula, the Philippines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

School-based targeted preventive chemotherapy (PC), the primary strategy for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control, typically focusing on primary schoolchildren, was expanded to secondary school students in the Philippines in 2016. This program still excludes adults, who may also suffer from considerable morbidity and can be a significant reservoir of infection. Mass drug administration (MDA), where the entire population is treated, would bring additional health benefits but will also increase implementation costs. The incremental cost of implementing MDA for STH control compared to expanded school-based targeted PC, however, is unknown.

Methods

A cost survey was conducted in Zamboanga Peninsula region in 2021 to estimate the economic and financial cost of imple

SUBMITTER: Delos Trinos JPC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363843 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature