Evaluation Of Mass Drug Administration Programme For Elimination Of Lymphatic Filariasis In Kalburgi District, Karnataka

Background: Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is endemic in 83 countries and territories, with more than a billion people at risk of infection. Filariasis has been a major public health problem in India next only to Malaria. Present study was done to assess coverage and compliance of mass drug administration (MDA) against lymphatic Filariasis in Kalaburgi district. Methods: A coverage evaluation survey was done in one urban and three rural clusters in Kalaburgi district. The data was compiled, tabulated and analyzed using proportions. Results: Among total of 683 subjects who were interviewed, 54.61%. were male subjects and only 406 (62.08% )of the participants have received the drugs. Out of the 406 persons who have received the drugs, 76.6% persons have consumed the drugs. Only 3.54% of study subjects consumed tablets in front of health workers. A total of 277 subjects did not consume the tablets.The reasons for non consumption of tablets were , 66.06% told drug distributor did not visit, 8.3% said that they were out of station and 7.94% subjects were not aware. Among the total only 9 persons suffered from nausea and vomiting. Conclusions: There is an urgent need for more effective drug delivery strategies and also proper IEC should be done to educate and to improve the coverage and compliance in the districts.