Mass drug administration, also called mass dispensing, is the administration of drugs to whole populations irrespective of individual disease status. It is used as a public health strategy to control or eliminate certain diseases across an entire community rather than testing and treating diagnosed cases one at a time.
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The administration of drugs to whole populations irrespective of disease status is referred to as mass drug administration (MDA) or mass dispensing.
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