Integrating Community Interventions to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Rabies in Animals, Worms; Intestine

In brief

The overarching goal of this project is the elimination of two neglected tropical diseases (NTD): soil-transmitted helminthiasis and rabies. The specific objective of this pilot study was: To determine whether the integrated delivery platform improved the cost-effectiveness and coverage of MDA targeting STH and rabies; The investigators integrated two public health initiatives: 1) a mass drug administration (MDA) effort to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTD) caused by soil-transmitted helminths (STH), with 2) a community-valued mass dog rabies vaccination (MDRV) intervention to eliminate human and animal rabies, also a priority NTD of the World Health Organisation. The goal of MDA efforts targeting STH is to reduce worm burdens to very low levels below which self-sustaining transmission, and the public health consequences of STH, cease. Existing school-based delivery programs fail to reach all affected age groups, however, which results in ineffective coverage levels and persistence of STH. The goal of MDRV is to immunize 70% of dog populations, after which canine-mediated rabies is eliminated. MDRV programs are typically very popular, with all human age groups participating. The objectives of this project were to determine whether supplementing a strictly school-based MDA NTD control program with a community-wide strategy that is coupled to an MDRV program will result in a synergism that (a) improves coverage, reach and cost-effective delivery of MDA targeting STH and (b) improves coverage and cost-effective delivery of dog vaccination. To achieve this, research activities, comprised of post-intervention household questionnaire surveys, were carried out. In addition detailed cost data was collected.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03667079
Run by
Washington State University
People needed
28143
Starts
2016-02-01
Expected to finish
2016-12-31
Last updated by the study team
2023-05-01

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

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Where it is running

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