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Descriptor English: Mass Drug Administration
Descriptor Spanish: Administración Masiva de Medicamentos
Descriptor administración masiva de medicamentos
Entry term(s) administración masiva
Scope note: Administración de una medicación a las personas en riesgo en una población sin un diagnóstico individual. Se usa generalmente para tratar, controlar o prevenir la propagación de BROTES DE ENFERMEDADES a menudo endémicas tales como las ENFERMEDADES DESATENDIDAS en áreas con una alta carga de morbilidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Administração Massiva de Medicamentos
Descriptor French: Administration massive de médicament
Entry term(s): Drug Administration, Mass
Mass Administration
Mass Administrations
Mass Drug Administrations
Tree number(s): E02.319.162.575
N06.850.275.500
N06.850.780.200.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000074381
Scope note: Administration of a medication to at-risk individuals in a population without individual diagnosis. It is often used in order to treat, control, and/or prevent spread of often endemic DISEASE OUTBREAKS such as NEGLECTED DISEASES in high disease burden areas.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
Related: Mass Vaccination MeSH
DeCS ID: 57171
Unique ID: D000074381
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Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/06/20
Mass Drug Administration - Preferred
Concept UI M000626407
Scope note Administration of a medication to at-risk individuals in a population without individual diagnosis. It is often used in order to treat, control, and/or prevent spread of often endemic DISEASE OUTBREAKS such as NEGLECTED DISEASES in high disease burden areas.
Preferred term Mass Drug Administration
Entry term(s) Drug Administration, Mass
Mass Administration
Mass Administrations
Mass Drug Administrations



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