Filaria Journal

Table 1 Coverage of distribution and compliance of annual single dose DEC in Pondicherry during five consecutive rounds

From: Delivery strategy of mass annual single dose DEC administration to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in the urban areas of Pondicherry, South India: 5 years of experience

	Rounds
Item	TR 1	TR 2	TR 3	TR 4	TR 5
Sample	1179	3195	2976	3127	1953
No. received drug	1020	2373	2791	2983	1519
% received	86.5	74.3	93.8	95.4	77.8
No. consumed drug	850	1947	2346	2040	1034
% consumed	72.1	60.9	78.8	65.2	52.9
Compliance rate	83.3	82.0	84.1	68.4	68.1

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