The prevalence of severe infectious diseases has become a major global health concern.
Currently, the COVID-19 outbreak has spread across the world and has created an …

Lymphatic filariasis is a mosquito borne disease which leads to abnormal painful enlarged
body parts, severe disability and social stigma. We screened Wuchereria bancrofti in …

Kenya is among the most affected tropical countries with pathogen transmitting Culicidae
vectors. For decades, insect vectors have contributed to the emergence and distribution of …

Background Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and schistosome infections are among the most
prevalent neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the world. School-aged children are …

Most epidemiological studies of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections focus on school-
going children. The majority of large-scale cross-sectional and longitudinal community …

Introduction Dual diethylcarbamazine and albendazole (DA) therapy is the standard mass
drug administration (MDA) regimen for lymphatic filariasis in Kenya. Following the recent …

Background Large-scale schistosomiasis control programs are implemented in regions with
diverse social and economic environments. A key epidemiological feature of …

Background As many countries with endemic soil-transmitted helminth (STH) burdens
achieve high coverage levels of mass drug administration (MDA) to treat school-aged and …

Background Few studies have been done of patterns of treatment during mass drug
administration (MDA) to control neglected tropical diseases. We used routinely collected …

Community drug distributors (CDDs) who are volunteers have the responsibility of
awareness creation, household census, drug distribution and record-keeping and are thus …