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The 20 pages that link to Mass drug administration, each with the reason it gives.

• AlbendazoleRelated: Albendazole is used in public-health campaigns to reduce the burden of soil-transmitted helminths.

• SchistosomiasisRelated: Praziquantel campaigns reduce infection and morbidity in communities at risk.

• IvermectinRelated: Ivermectin enables community-wide treatment campaigns against onchocerciasis and other neglected infections.

• Neglected tropical diseasesRelated: Preventive treatment can rapidly reduce infection for diseases with effective, safe medicines.

• OnchocerciasisRelated: Repeated community-wide ivermectin treatment is the main strategy for suppressing onchocerciasis transmission.

• Lymphatic filariasisRelated: Repeated community treatment is central to interrupting transmission.

• Soil-transmitted helminthiasisRelated: Periodic treatment reduces worm burdens where infections are common.

• AnthelminticRelated: Anthelmintics can lower worm burdens at population scale, especially in endemic areas.

• TrachomaRelated: Community-wide antibiotic treatment can lower the reservoir of trachoma infection.

• Hookworm infectionRelated: Preventive deworming programs use it to reduce soil-transmitted helminth infections in at-risk communities.

• MebendazoleRelated: Mebendazole is distributed in some campaigns against soil-transmitted worm infections.

• Parasitic diseaseRelated: Preventive treatment can reduce the burden of selected parasitic infections at population scale.

• Ascaris lumbricoidesRelated: Preventive chemotherapy can reduce soil-transmitted helminth burdens in endemic communities.

• Satoshi ŌmuraRelated: Ivermectin’s safety and effectiveness enabled community-wide parasite-control programs.

• William C. CampbellRelated: Large-scale distribution of ivermectin has helped suppress transmission of some parasitic diseases.

• HelminthologyRelated: It is widely used to reduce the burden of several soil-transmitted helminth infections.

• HelminthiasisRelated: Programs use periodic treatment to reduce the burden of selected helminth infections.

• AncylostomaRelated: Preventive treatment programs can reduce hookworm burden in communities where Ancylostoma circulates.