“Our interventions are still here to support communities during the pandemic”: Resuming mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases after COVID-19 implementation delays

• Tikhala Itaye ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Washington, Seattle, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-1723

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• Sultani Hadley Matendechero ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hadleysultani@gmail.com

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7766-4089

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• Jean Bosco Mbonigaba,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rwanda NTD and Other Parasitic Diseases Program, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Fikre Seife Gebretsadik,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NTD Programme, Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Tuduetso L. Molefi,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NTD Programme, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana

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• Gilbert Baayenda,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NTD Programme, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Eugene Ruberanziza,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The END Fund, New York, New York City, United States of America

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• Karsor K. Kollie,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NTD Programme, Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia

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• January Zilabumba,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Technical Advisor, Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, Tanzania

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• Massitan Dembele,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, Ministry of Health, Bamako, Mali

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• Kebede Deribe,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Expanded Special Project on the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization -African Region, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

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• Elia Muhima Adrien,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Expanded Special Project on the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization -African Region, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

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• Maria Rebollo Polo,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Expanded Special Project on the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization -African Region, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

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• On behalf of the Kikundi African NTD Program Managers Community of Practice