A rapid method to assess the coverage of the mass drug administration of diethylcarbamazine in the program to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in India.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
;
2005 Jan; 36(1): 44-5
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-31774
ABSTRACT
A rapid method to assess the coverage of mass drug administration (MDA) in the program to eliminate lymphatic filariasis needs to be developed for monitoring and evaluation of the program. This study attempted to develop and test a method of rapid assessment of coverage by using the existing resources of the program. This is based on the data obtained from the randomly selected health workers and drug distributors involved in the drug distribution process and the data of a household coverage survey of the program. The MDA coverage rate obtained through the evaluation survey was highly correlated with the rates obtained from health workers and drug distributors as a rapid assessment. Thus, MDA coverages assessed through health workers and drug distributors can give a good coverage estimate. The involvement of the existing human resources of the program in this rapid method of assessing MDA coverage was cost-effective.
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IMSEAR (Sudeste Asiático)
Assunto principal:
Fatores de Tempo
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Filariose Linfática
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Humanos
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Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde
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Análise por Conglomerados
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Inquéritos Epidemiológicos
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Análise Custo-Benefício
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Revisão de Uso de Medicamentos
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Dietilcarbamazina
Tipo de estudo:
Estudos de avaliação
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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