Community perspective on feasibility of malaria mass drug administration: a qualitative evidence from the Eastern Region of Ghana
Ignatius Cheng Ndong, Chuo Ennestine Chu, Ndong Henry Ndang, Collins Attuah Baah, George Asumah Adu, Emily Amponsah, Nana Yaw Peprah, Keziah Malm, Olumide Ogundahunsi, Collins Stephen Ahorlu, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa · 2026
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Ignatius Ndong and colleagues ask Ghanaian communities about mass malaria treatment in this 2026 study. Giving antimalarial drugs to whole communities can cut transmission, but whether people accept it, and what blocks it, was little studied.
After pilot rounds in the Pokrom subdistrict, the team ran eleven group talks and eight interviews with 97 participants. People said malaria had been their top health burden, with frequent hospital trips and high costs. After treatment rounds, illness fell sharply and costs dropped. Side effects like dizziness were mild, and willingness to join future rounds stayed high, though weak early messaging had hurt uptake at first.
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| CREATOR | Ignatius Cheng Ndong, Chuo Ennestine Chu, Ndong Henry Ndang, Collins Attuah Baah, George Asumah Adu, Emily Amponsah, Nana Yaw Peprah, Keziah Malm, Olumide Ogundahunsi, Collins Stephen Ahorlu, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46809 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |