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The administration of drugs to whole populations irrespective of disease status is referred to as mass drug administration (MDA) or mass dispensing. This article describes the administration of antimalarial drugs to whole populations, an intervention which has been used as a malaria -control measure for more than 70 years.
In mass drug administration (MDA) programmes, the treatment for onchocerciasis is ivermectin (trade name: Mectizan). Ivermectin is administered four times a year and will be continually administered for 10–14 years due to the lifespan of the adult worm. [25] Intense skin itching is eventually relieved, and the progression towards blindness is ...
Peak levels of MDA are about 5 to 10% of those of MDMA and total exposure to MDA is almost 10% of that of MDMA with oral MDMA administration. [118] [184] As a result, MDA may contribute to some extent to the effects of MDMA. [118] [162] MDA is an entactogen, stimulant, and weak psychedelic similarly to MDMA. [18]
India, Indonesia, East Timor, Nepal, and Myanmar are actively doing mass drug administration (MDA). [7] Thailand took a baseline survey of LF in 2001. [8] From 2002 to 2011 the country did MDA. [8] In September 2017, the World Health Organization declared Thailand to be free of LF. [8] Tonga did MDA from 2001 to 2006.
The MHRA and the US Food and Drug Administration were criticised in the 2012 book Bad Pharma, [43] and in 2004 by David Healy in evidence to the House of Commons Health Committee, [44] for having undergone regulatory capture, i.e. advancing the interests of the drug companies rather than the interests of the public.
4,4′-Methylenedianiline (MDA) is an organic compound with the formula CH 2 (C 6 H 4 NH 2) 2. It is a colorless solid, although commercial samples can appear yellow or brown. It is a colorless solid, although commercial samples can appear yellow or brown.
Through his research, Dash demonstrated the efficacy of drug combinations and also of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) in India. His finding that supplementing MDA with integrated vector management can prevent Lymphatic filariasis transmission more efficiently than MDA alone has been included in the Lymphatic filariasis elimination plan of the ...
MDA - Mass drug administration; MDG - Millennium Development Goal; M&E - Monitoring and evaluation; MENA - Middle East and North Africa; MFC - Microbial fuel cell; MFI - Microfinance institution; mg - Milligram; μg - Microgram; MHM - Menstrual hygiene management; ML - Megaliter or 1 million liter or 1000 cubic meters; MLD - Million liters per day