Ethical challenges in mass drug administration for reducing childhood mortality: a qualitative study

Ethical challenges in mass drug administration for reducing childhood mortality: a qualitative study

Abstract Background Mass drug administration (MDA) of medications to entire at-risk communities or populations has shown promise in the control and elimination of global infectious diseases. MDA of the broad-spectrum antibiotic azithromycin has demonstrated the potential to reduce childhood mortalit...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Alasmar, Alex C. Kong, Anthony D. So, Matthew DeCamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Antimicrobial resistance
Decolonizing global health
Mass drug administration
Child mortality
Ethics
Global health equity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-022-01023-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-022-01023-6

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