Access barriers and facilitators to implement mass drugs administration strategies for eliminating trachoma and geohelminthiasis in the department of Amazonas, Colombia
Multiple political, administrative, geographical, logistical and cultural access barriers, as well as external and internal migration of the population, explain low coverage in mass administration of azithromycin and albendazole. It is necessary to review them individually to implement an improvement plan that also recognizes the identified facilitators.
Authors
- María Consuelo Bernal Lizarazú
- Myriam Leonor Torres Pérez
- Francisco Rossi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6172-5852)
- Claudia Marcela Vargas-Peláez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5011-8718)
- Luz Mery Bernal Parra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1271-5903)
- Julián Trujillo-Trujillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0739-5781)
- Sara Milena Zamora
- Liana Ariza
- Olga Esther Bellido Cuéllar
- Carol Viviana Araque
Institutions
- Foundation for Clinical and Applied Cancer Research (CO)
- Ministry of Health and Social Protection (CO)
- Secretaría de Salud de Bogotá (CO)
- Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (CO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310143
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00