Mass Treatment Dose by Height or Age: Praziquantel, Ivermectin, Albendazole, Mebendazole, DEC (WHO)
Gives the mass drug administration dose from WHO tables.
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Example
- Drug
- Praziquantel 600 mg (by height)
- Height in cm
- 132
Result: Praziquantel for 132 cm: 2 tablets of 600 mg (1,200 mg), once, by the WHO dose pole.
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What you enter
- Drug
- Height in cm (praziquantel, ivermectin)
- Age in years (albendazole, mebendazole, DEC)
How this is calculated
Citation
World Health Organization. Preventive chemotherapy in human helminthiasis. Geneva: WHO; 2006. Table A4.1 and Figure A4.1 (dose poles); section 5.5. Read the source ↗
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