The large-scale administration of safe and efficacious drugs delivered to entire at-risk populations, a public health intervention known as preventive chemotherapy (PC), is an effective strategy to control several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including intestinal worm infections and scabies.
PC with ivermectin, either alone or in combination with other drugs, may play an important role in improving the integrated control of these NTDs. This talk will present evidence we generated to support the inclusion of ivermectin-based PC in integrated NTD control programmes, with a specific focus on intestinal worms and scabies in Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.
Brandon Le |
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