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Awareness of and participation in mass drug administration programs used for onchocerciasis control in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District,Ghana

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Global Health Research and Policy 2023年第1期8卷 54-63页

作者： Francis Adjei osei Sam Kofi Tekyi Newton Isaac Nyanor eugene osei-yeboah Evans Xorse Amuzu Nicholas Karikari Mensah Obed Ofori Nyarko Ernest Amanor Samuel Frimpong Odoom Suraj Yawnumah Abubakar Mathias Dongyele Aliyu Mohammed Ofeibea Asare Stephanie Boadi Peter Furu Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch Ellis Owusu-Dabo Department of Global Health School of Public HealthKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiGhana Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital KumasiGhana Ghana Health Service BolgatangaGhana Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiGhana Career Development Centre Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiGhana Department of Public Health Global Health SectionUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark

Background Studies on Mass drug administration(MDA)in Ghana targeting various diseases,have mostly focused on factors that affect coverage and compliance to MDA with limited focus on evidence regarding awareness and community perception of the ***,this study sought to provide empirical evidence on the knowledge of onchocerciasis,and awareness of and participation in the MDA among community *** A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted from August to October 2019 in communities within the Atwima Nwabiagya North District,*** was collected from 2,008 *** and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to measure the associations between socio-demographics,having heard of onchocerciasis and its prevention,and levels of awareness of the MDA *** A total of 1268 respondents(63.2%)were aware of the MDA *** majority ofMost respondents(74.4%)were of the view that the information given about the program was not enough and 45.4%of the respondents had no idea about the relevance of the MDA *** who had ever heard about onchocerciasis prevention and persons who had previously participated in the MDA program were more likely to be aware of the MDA program during implementation(AOR=2.32;95%CI 1.79-3.01 and AOR=9.31;95%CI 7.06-12.26,respectively).Conclusions We observed a significant association between being aware of MDA campaigns and knowledge of onchocerciasis and its preventive methods,and participation in previous MDA *** recommend intensification and improvement of prevention campaigns regarding the onchocerciasis MDA program as key to ensuring increased MDA program participation.

关键词： Mass drug administration Onchocerciasis Awareness Ghana

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