Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Community towards an Onchocerciasis Elimination Program from South West Ethiopia

Table 4

Attitude of community respondents about onchocerciasis from Gesha town, Ethiopia.

Indicative questions on attitude	Response category	Frequency (%)
How do you/your family perceive CDT with ivermectin?	Very useful	207 (68.5)
	Partially useful	94 (31.1)
	Not useful	1 (0.3)
Do you think the program on controlling onchocerciasis is effective?	Strongly disagree	23 (7.6)
	Disagree	15 (5.0)
	Undecided	22 (7.3)
	Agree	58 (19.2)
	Strongly agree	184 (60.9)
What do you recommend to continue the program?	Drug supply	171 (56.6)
	Incentive for CDD	76 (25.2)
	Creating community awareness	31 (10.3)
	No comment	24 (7.3)
Did the drug have any side effects?	Yes	165 (54.6)
	No	137 (45.4)