Table 2.

Contents of the educational flipchart for the ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) project.

Page	Contents
Title	Summary of the aim of the ivermectin research project and the effect of ivermectin ( Figure 1)
1	Brief summary of the traditional story of preparing food from cycad nuts as an overall analogy for the project
2	Diagram illustrating what people can do to eliminate scabies and Strongyloides
3	The role of the microscope in making it possible to see bacteria, Strongyloides worms, and scabies mites
4	Good and bad bacteria and secondary infection
5	Immunity, focusing on the role of white cells
6	Immunity, focusing on the role of antibodies
7	Direct life cycle of Strongyloides, emphasizing the role of parasitic adults in reproduction, of larvae in transmission via the faeces, and immature female infective larvae in entering the body through the skin
8.	Strongyloides autoinfective cycle, implications for life-long infection, and overwhelming infection when the white cells cannot do their work; an assurance that ivermectin can kill Strongyloides in our body
9	Secondary infection occurs when Strongyloides larvae enter the body proper through the wall of the lower gut, accompanied by bacteria
10	Symptoms of strongyloidiasis
11	Life cycle of scabies mites
12	Symptoms of scabies
13	Secondary infection associated with scabies
14	Transmission of scabies, mainly by person-to-person contact
15	Ivermectin treatment program: testing for scabies and strongyloidiasis, and medication for different age groups
16	Ivermectin treatment program: taking medicine, following-up at 6 months, repeating after 1 year, following up again at 18 months, and informed consent
17	A detailed version of the cycad story
18	Acknowledgements
Back page	Summary of what people can do to eliminate scabies mites and Strongyloides worms from their bodies