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. 2020 Nov 30;14(11):e0008854. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008854

Table 2. MDA awareness, reach, compliance and coverage.

Definition Participant age group used for assessment a Survey results b (‘yes’/total) Percentage (Unadjusted) Percentage (Age-adjusted)
Awareness Proportion of total population who knew about MDA ≥5 years 3643/3933 92.6 90.8
Program reach (of eligible population) Proportion of eligible population who were offered MDA ≥5 years 3586/3922 91.4 89.0
Program reach (of total population) Proportion of total population who were offered MDA ≥5 years 3586/3933 91.2 88.6
Compliance Proportion of population offered MDA pills who took all pills ≥5 years 3563/3586 99.4 99.0
Program coverage (coverage of eligible population) Proportion of eligible population who swallowed all MDA pills ≥2 years 3727/4202 88.7 83.9
Epidemiological coverage (coverage of total population) Proportion of total population who swallowed all MDA pills All ages 3727/4411 84.5 80.2

a. Questions on awareness of MDA and whether offered MDA only asked for participants aged ≥5 years; participants aged 2–4 years only asked coverage questions (Fig 3)

b. Number of participants indicating ‘yes’ in questionnaire/ Number of participants with data available for measure. Data missing for 8 participants.