Editing Malaria (section)

==== Mass drug administration ====
[[Mass drug administration]] (MDA) involves the administration of drugs to the entire population of an area regardless of disease status.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Webster JP, Molyneux DH, Hotez PJ, Fenwick A | title = The contribution of mass drug administration to global health: past, present and future | journal = Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences | volume = 369 | issue = 1645 | pages = 20130434 | date = 2014 | pmid = 24821920 | pmc = 4024227 | doi = 10.1098/rstb.2013.0434 }}</ref> A 2021 Cochrane review on the use of community administration of [[ivermectin]] found that, to date, low quality evidence shows no significant effect on reducing incidence of malaria transmission from the community administration of ivermectin.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = de Souza DK, Thomas R, Bradley J, Leyrat C, Boakye DA, Okebe J | title = Ivermectin treatment in humans for reducing malaria transmission | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | volume = 2021 | issue = 6 | pages = CD013117 | date = June 2021 | pmid = 34184757 | pmc = 8240090 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD013117.pub2 | collaboration = Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group }}</ref>