Optimizing the implementation of case-area targeted interventions during cholera outbreaks with context-specific delivery mechanisms.

ABSTRACT: Cholera, a severe fecal-oral disease, disproportionately affects the poorest communities who lack access to safe water and sanitation. Individuals living in the same household, or within a few hundred meters, of a patient are at increased risk of infection. Thus, during cholera outbreaks, targeted response strategies, such as case-area targeted interventions (CATIs), provide health (e.g., vaccination and antibiotic prophylaxis) and water, sanitation, and hygiene services for affected households and at-risk neighbors living in a defined ring. Previous research on CATIs has focused on impact and effectiveness, and less on implementation processes. As cholera outbreaks occur in diverse settings with differentiated challenges, we investigated how CATI and CATI-like mechanisms can be best used

SUBMITTER: Dunoyer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12456772 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature