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

Table 5

Practice of the community to the success of elimination program of onchocerciasis from Gesha town, Ethiopia.

Indicative questions on practice	Response categories	Frequency (%)
The problem to follow onchocerciasis treatment properly	Yes	171 (56.6)
	No	131 (43.4)
Have all eligible family members received ivermectin properly?	Yes	198 (64.6)
	No	103 (34.6)
What is the reason to interrupt the treatment?	Fear of side effect of the drug	71 (34.6)
	Low beliefs for freely given medications	43 (21.0)
	Sign of anger of their god	26 (12.7)
	No incentive for CDD	65 (31.7)
When did you receive your last treatment?	Last year	50 (18.7)
	Before two years	36 (13.5)
	This year	181 (67.8)
Who missed the treatment?	Wife	35 (24.1)
	Husband	42 (29.0)
	Children	68 (46.9)
How many times did he/she or you miss the treatment?	One year	82 (56.9)
	Two years	42 (29.2)
	Not sure	20 (13.9)
Why did he/she or you miss treatment?	Pregnancy	50 (33.1)
	Health problem	32 (21.2)
	Not being present during drug campaign	69 (45.7)