Costs of community-wide mass drug administration and school-based deworming for soil-transmitted helminths: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Benin, India and Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Current guidelines for the control of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) recommend deworming children and other high-risk groups, primarily using school-based deworming (SBD) programmes. However, targeting individuals of all ages through community-wide mass drug administration (cMDA) may interrupt STH transmission in some settings. We compared the costs of cMDA to SBD to inform decision-making about future updates to STH policy.

Design

We conducted activity-based microcosting of cMDA and SBD for 2 years in Benin, India and Malawi within an ongoing cMDA trial.

Setting

Field sites and collaborating research institutions.

Primary and secondary outcomes

We calculated total financial and opportunity costs and costs per treatment administered (unit costs in

SUBMITTER: Morozoff C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9272108 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature