Gender and neglected tropical disease front-line workers: Data from 16 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delivery of preventive chemotherapy (PC) through mass drug administration (MDA) is used to control or eliminate five of the most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The success of an MDA campaign relies on the ability of drug distributors and their supervisors-the NTD front-line workers-to reach populations at risk of NTDs. In the past, our understanding of the demographics of these workers has been limited, but with increased access to sex-disaggregated data, we begin to explore the implications of gender and sex for the success of NTD front-line workers.

Methodology/principal findings

We reviewed data collected by USAID-supported NTD projects from national NTD programs from fiscal years (FY) 2012-2017 to assess availability of sex-disaggregated data on th

SUBMITTER: Shoemaker EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6922366 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature