{"doi":"10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.063","title":"Evaluation of mass drug administration for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in school-aged children in Bankass, Mali","abstract":"BACKGROUND: In 2004, Mali implemented mass drug administration (MDA) aimed at controlling schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths. Despite several rounds of MDA, the health district of Bankass reported low coverage (64.8%) for praziquantel and albendazole in 2017, meaning that this district was still facing challenges in accomplishing the targeted 75% coverage. This study aimed to explore the barriers and gaps that hindered MDA implementation in Bankass. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed. Questionnaires were administrated to all school-aged children in randomly selected villages. Technical directors of community health centers and community drug distributors in the selected villages were included in the interviews. RESULTS: A total of 2128 children and 52 health workers were interviewed. Coverage rates were 93.51% (1990/2128) for praziquantel and 95.25% (2027/2128) for albendazole. Among the untreated children, 31.63% (31/98) reported being unaware of the campaign and 26.53% (26/98) were unable to reach the distribution points. Most of the health workers suggested increasing incentives. CONCLUSION: The data showed satisfactory coverage >90%, in contrast with lower rates initially reported by the district health information system. These results raise concerns about the reliability of programmatic data and highlight the importance of population-based surveys for the evaluation of control interventions.","journal":"International Journal of Infectious Diseases","year":2021,"id":207742,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":4,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9424,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2021-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":793735,"name":"Adama Berthé","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":453484,"name":"Housséini Dolo","orcid":"0000-0002-4234-3488","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":793348,"name":"Abdoul Fatao Diabaté","orcid":"0000-0003-0628-6305","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":793349,"name":"Fatoumata dite Nènè Konipo","orcid":"0000-0003-1010-2054","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":454215,"name":"Lamine Soumaoro","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":454212,"name":"Salif Sériba Doumbia","orcid":null,"position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":454216,"name":"Michel Emmanuel Coulibaly","orcid":null,"position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":793350,"name":"Lamine Diarra","orcid":"0009-0008-0042-7019","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":793736,"name":"Yacouba Sanogo","orcid":null,"position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":793351,"name":"Kueshivi Midodji Atsou","orcid":"0000-0001-8588-3831","position":10,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":454214,"name":"Abdallah A. Diallo","orcid":null,"position":11,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":454213,"name":"Siaka Yamoussa Coulibaly","orcid":null,"position":12,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":793352,"name":"Modibo Keita","orcid":"0009-0007-0525-990X","position":13,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":262078,"name":"Seydou Doumbia","orcid":"0000-0003-1637-5600","position":14,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":453485,"name":"Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly","orcid":"0000-0001-6786-1567","position":15,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":453486,"name":"Moussa Sangare","orcid":"0000-0001-9582-4093","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":41,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-18T23:51:49.715594Z","pmid":"34481965","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}