About the Authors

Massitan Dembélé

Affiliation Programme National d'Elimination de Filariose Lymphatique du Mali, Bamako, Mali

Sanoussi Bamani

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Cécité du Mali, Bamako, Mali

Robert Dembélé

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre les Schistosomiases et les Géohelminthiases du Mali, Bamako, Mali

Mamadou O. Traoré

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre l'Onchocercose du Mali, Bamako, Mali

Seydou Goita

Affiliation Helen Keller International, Bamako, Mali

Mamadou Namory Traoré

Affiliation Direction Nationale de la Santé, Ministère de la Santé, Bamako, Mali

Abdoul Karim Sidibe

Affiliation Direction Nationale de la Santé, Ministère de la Santé, Bamako, Mali

Letitia Sam

Affiliation Helen Keller International, Bamako, Mali

Marjon Tuinsma

Affiliation Helen Keller International, Bamako, Mali

Emily Toubali

Affiliation Helen Keller International Headquarters, New York, New York, United States

Chad MacArthur

Affiliation Helen Keller International Headquarters, New York, New York, United States

Shawn K. Baker

Affiliation Helen Keller International, Regional Office for Africa, Dakar, Senegal

Yaobi Zhang

yzhang@hki.org

Affiliation Helen Keller International, Regional Office for Africa, Dakar, Senegal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD SB RD MOT MNT AKS MT. Performed the experiments: MD SB RD MOT SG MNT AKS LS. Analyzed the data: SG YZ . Wrote the paper: YZ. Led and coordinated the national program: MD SB RD MOT MNT AKS MT. Coordinated the MDA activities and data collection: MD SB RD MOT SG LS. Provided program oversight: CM SKB YZ. Managed the program: ET CM.