"Mass Drug Administration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Administration of a medication to at-risk individuals in a population without individual diagnosis. It is often used in order to treat, control, and/or prevent spread of often endemic DISEASE OUTBREAKS such as NEGLECTED DISEASES in high disease burden areas.
| Descriptor ID |
D000074381
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.162.575 N06.850.275.500 N06.850.780.200.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Mass Drug Administration- Mass Drug Administration
- Drug Administration, Mass
- Mass Drug Administrations
- Mass Administration
- Mass Administrations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mass Drug Administration" by people in Profiles.
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Lessons from the field: delivering trachoma mass drug administration safely in a COVID-19 context. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 10 01; 115(10):1102-1105.
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System for administering and monitoring hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis for COVID-19 in accordance with a national advisory: preliminary experience of a tertiary care institute in India. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2021 Oct; 19(10):1331-1339.
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Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in eliminating trachoma as a public health problem. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 03 06; 115(3):222-228.
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Disruptions to schistosomiasis programmes due to COVID-19: an analysis of potential impact and mitigation strategies. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 03 06; 115(3):236-244.
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What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for the next decade of onchocerciasis control and elimination? Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 03 06; 115(3):269-280.
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Delays in lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes due to COVID-19, and possible mitigation strategies. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 03 06; 115(3):261-268.
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Modelling trachoma post-2020: opportunities for mitigating the impact of COVID-19 and accelerating progress towards elimination. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 03 06; 115(3):213-221.
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Community-directed distributors-The "foot soldiers" in the fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 03; 15(3):e0009088.
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Neglected tropical diseases activities in Africa in the COVID-19 era: the need for a "hybrid" approach in COVID-endemic times. Infect Dis Poverty. 2021 Jan 04; 10(1):1.
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Keeping communities at the centre of efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: learning from the past to reach a future free of lymphatic filariasis. Int Health. 2020 Dec 22; 13(Supplement_1):S55-S59.