Community drug distributors for mass drug administration in neglected tropical disease programmes: systematic review and analysis of policy documents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mass drug administration (MDA) programmes for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) depend on voluntary community drug distributors (CDDs) to deliver drugs, and these volunteer schemes need regular training and supervision. NTD policy now includes integration of multiple disease programmes, but we are unsure if there is clarity in what is currently expected of CDDs and how they are managed. We therefore analysed World Health Organization (WHO) policy, strategy and implementation guidance, and select national NTD programme implementation plans.

Methods

Included are a) WHO global and WHO-Regional Office for Africa guidelines, strategies, operational manuals and meeting reports published between January 2007 to February 2018 that included policy and plans for CDDs; and

SUBMITTER: Macfarlane CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6790237 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature