Review of MDA registers for Lymphatic Filariasis: Findings, and potential uses in addressing the endgame elimination challenges.
Dziedzom K de SouzaKatherine GassJoseph OtchereYe Min HtetOdame AsieduBenjamin MarfoNana-Kwadwo BiritwumDaniel A BoakyeCollins Stephen AhorluPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
The MDA registers allow for the identification of eligible individuals who were not reached during any MDA round. Thus, the MDA registers could be utilized at the community and programme levels to identify missing and untreated individuals, appropriately address their non-compliance to MDA, and thereby improve MDA coverage in each implementation unit and monitor the progress towards elimination of LF. The challenges observed through the review of the registers also offer opportunities to improve the training given to the community drug distributors.