Community-directed Treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis in Africa - Report of a multi-centre study in Ghana and Kenya (UNDP - WB - WHO, 2000, 44 p.): REASONS FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE OF ComDT: Number of distributors

Community-directed Treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis in Africa - Report of a multi-centre study in Ghana and Kenya (UNDP - WB - WHO, 2000, 44 p.)

REASONS FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE OF ComDT

		(introduction...)
		Community involvement
		Timing of the distribution and place of abode of distributor
		Number of distributors
		Commitment of those distributing
		Internal checks within the community
		Socio-political set up
		Satisfaction with ComDT

Number of distributors

In the HST arm, the implementation health staff went into the community, did the distribution and left the drugs for people in the community to continue with the distribution. In the ComDT arm however, the number of distributors per community ranged from 1-6 but in each community, other community members who had the time also helped with the registration of community members before the actual distribution took place.