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Impact of five annual rounds of mass drug administration with ivermectin on onchocerciasis in Sierra Leone

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0410-y

Published Online: 2018-04-06

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Koroma, Joseph B.

Sesay, Santigie

Conteh, Abdul

Koudou, Benjamin

Paye, Jusufu

Bah, Mohamed

Sonnie, Mustapha

Hodges, Mary H.

Zhang, Yaobi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-9171
Bockarie, Moses J.
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Received: 9 August 2017

Accepted: 20 March 2018

First Online: 6 April 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The surveys were part of the monitoring and evaluation activities of the NOCP of the MOHS, Sierra Leone. Ethical approval for data collection was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the MOHS, Sierra Leone. Upon arrival at the selected communities, the investigating teams met with community leaders and explained the nature of their work and the objectives of the study. Volunteers participated in the studies after informed consent was verbally obtained and recorded by the team leader as literacy rates are low in Sierra Leone. Consent was obtained from participants themselves, or from the parents of all participants below the age of 15 years. Data collection was conducted such that participants will remain anonymous during data entry and analysis. No individual’s identity can be revealed upon publication.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.