Understanding the barriers and facilitators related to never treatment during mass drug administration among mobile and migrant populations in Mali: a qualitative exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Five of the neglected tropical diseases use a strategy of preventative chemotherapy distributed via mass drug administration (MDA) for all eligible people living in endemic areas. To be successful, high coverage must be sustained over multiple rounds. Therefore, it will be difficult to reach elimination as a public health problem using MDA if there remain clusters of people who have never been treated. The study aims to explore the reasons why people with high mobility report being never treated during MDA and to provide evidence to support the development of standardised questions for data collection using qualitative research tools.

Methods

We conducted an exploratory study using qualitative methods among displaced people, nomads/transhumants and economic migr

SUBMITTER: Sangare M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11474861 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature