PREFACE WHO, in collaboration with the Neglected Tropical Disease Support Center at the Task Force for Global Health, developed a Supervisor’s Coverage Tool (SCT) that can be used to monitor preventive chemotherapy interventions delivered through mass drug administration (MDA), including the supervision of community drug distributors (CDDs), monitoring of drug coverage and compliance, and the identification of areas in need of The methodology behind this tool was presented at the WHO Working Group on Monitoring and Evaluation of Preventive Chemotherapy (WG M&E) in 2015 and 2016. Evidence from four field studies in Ethiopia, Nigeria (two separate occasions) and the Philippines confirms the value and feasibility of using the Supervisor’s Coverage Tool (SCT) by sub-district health supervisors. Consequently, the Scientific and Technical Advisory for Neglected Tropical Diseases has recommended that the SCT be made available to national programmes for immediate use. Information from SCT should be used to take appropriate data-driven, corrective action at sub-district levels. Additional evidence will be gathered about the tool’s use and applications in other treatment settings such as school-based platforms and urban settings. ACRONYMS CDD Community Drug Distributor – HH Household – LF Lymphatic Filariasis – MDA Mass Drug Administration – NTD Neglected Tropical Disease – PC Preventive Chemotherapy – SA Supervision Area – SCT Supervisor’s Coverage Tool – STH Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis – GLOSSARY
PREFACE WHO, in collaboration with the Neglected Tropical Disease Support Center at the Task Force for Global Health, developed a Supervisor’s Coverage Tool (SCT) that can be used to monitor preventive chemotherapy interventions delivered through mass drug administration (MDA), including the supervision of community drug distributors (CDDs), monitoring of drug coverage and compliance, and the identification of areas in need of The methodology behind this tool was presented at the WHO Working Group on Monitoring and Evaluation of Preventive Chemotherapy (WG M&E) in 2015 and 2016. Evidence from four field studies in Ethiopia, Nigeria (two separate occasions) and the Philippines confirms the value and feasibility of using the Supervisor’s Coverage Tool (SCT) by sub-district health supervisors. Consequently, the Scientific and Technical Advisory for Neglected Tropical Diseases has recommended that the SCT be made available to national programmes for immediate use. Information from SCT should be used to take appropriate data-driven, corrective action at sub-district levels. Additional evidence will be gathered about the tool’s use and applications in other treatment settings such as school-based platforms and urban settings. ACRONYMS CDD – Community Drug Distributor HH – Household LF – Lymphatic Filariasis MDA – Mass Drug Administration NTD – Neglected Tropical Disease PC – Preventive Chemotherapy SA – Supervision Area SCT – Supervisor’s Coverage Tool STH – Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis GLOSSARY