Coverage and compliance of mass drug administration (MDA) programme for elimination of lymphatic filariasis in an endemic district of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India

Background & objectives: Lymphatic filariasis is targeted for elimination in India through mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) combined with albendazole (ABZ). To assess the coverage, compliance and causes for non-compliance towards MDA in an endemic district of Uttar Pr...

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Published in:	Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Main Authors:	Abu Bashar, Sanket V Nandekar, Prerna Shrivastava, Ravi Nandini Singh, Pushkar Srikrishnan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Subjects:	coverage; compliance; endemic; mass-drug-administration; filariasis elimination programme
Online Access:	http://www.jvbd.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9062;year=2023;volume=60;issue=3;spage=307;epage=316;aulast=Bashar