Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Community towards an Onchocerciasis Elimination Program from South West Ethiopia
Table 3
Knowledge of respondents on the cause and treatment of onchocerciasis from Gesha town, Ethiopia.
| Items | Categories of response | Frequency (%) |
| How does onchocerciasis transmit from person to person? | Black flies bite | 223 (73.8) | Mosquitoes bite | 15 (5) | Through contact | 8 (2.6) | Sharing cloth | 7 (2.3) | Through breathing | 2 (0.7) | I do not know | 47 (15.6) | What is the causative agent of onchocerciasis? | Black flies | 216 (71.5) | Onchocerca volvulus | 71 (23.5) | Plasmodium species | 13 (4.3) | I do not know | 2 (0.7) | What type of treatment is used to treat onchocerciasis? | Modern medicine | 279 (92.4) | Traditional medicine | 20 (6.6) | I do not know | 3 (1) | If modern, which drug is needed to treat the disease? | Ivermectin | 231 (76.5) | Metronidazole | 19 (6.3) | Other (“onch”) | 52 (17.2) | Have you heard about the elimination program of onchocerciasis? | Yes | 230 (76.4) | No | 71 (23.6) | From where do you get the source of information about the elimination program of onchocerciasis? | Health extension worker | 192 (79.3) | Mass media | 11 (4.5) | CDD | 38 (15.7) | Zonal health department announcement | 1 (0.4) | When the information about an elimination program of onchocerciasis obtained? | Before 10 years | 152 (62.6) | Before 5 years | 53 (21.8) | After 5 years | 33 (13.6) | Not sure | 5 (2.1) |
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