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  • Opinion Article   
  • Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 2016, Vol 6(3): 252
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000252

Mass Drugs Administration in India - A Failure Story

J Bhattacharjee*
Ex-Consultant (Filaria), National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, , 22 Shamnath Marg, Delhi, India
*Corresponding Author : J Bhattacharjee, Ex-Consultant (Filaria), NVBDCP, 24/C Main Alipur Road, Civil Lines, Delhi-110 054, India, Tel: 91-011-23967745, Email: bhaskar_1950@live.com

Received Date: Jun 04, 2016 / Accepted Date: Jun 16, 2016 / Published Date: Jun 23, 2016

Abstract

Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), a mosquito borne parasitic disease, has been endemic in India since antiquity. Following World Health Assembly Resolution (1997), India launched annual Mass Drugs Administration (MDA) in 2004 as strategy to eliminated LF. The drugs consumption was persistently low due to different operational and behavioral problems and lack of public health approaches. The country has already missed elimination target of 2015 as per National Health Policy and sure to fail to achieve WHO target of elimination by 2020. The author has suggested switching over to use of DEC medicated salt in place of MDA in endemic areas being simple, cost effective, scientific and socially acceptable tool to achieve elimination of LF quickly and without hassle of indefinite rounds of MDA.

Keywords: Lymphatic filariasis; Drug administration; India; Population

Citation: Bhattacharjee J (2016) Mass Drugs Administration in India - A Failure Story. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 6:252. Doi: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000252

Copyright: © 2016 Bhattacharjee J. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Review summary

  1. Sander Chase
    Posted on Oct 03 2016 at 2:46 pm
    The article highlighted the pros and cons of mass drug administration for the prevention and treatment of lymphatic filariasis. The practical applicability and real time acceptance of this plan was discussed and it was found that the adept methods are inefficient in meeting the actual goal of the health care program.
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