One drug to treat them all: ethical implications of the MORDOR trial of mass antibiotic administration to reduce child mortality

J Glob Health. 2019 Jun;9(1):010305. doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.010305.

Authors

Clarence C Tam^{1

2}, Vittoria Offeddu¹, Jane Mingjie Lim¹, Teck Chuan Voo³

Affiliations

¹ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore.
² London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
³ Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
Azithromycin / administration & dosage*
Child Mortality / trends*
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Humans
Infant
Malawi / epidemiology
Mass Drug Administration / ethics*
Niger / epidemiology
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / ethics*
Tanzania / epidemiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Azithromycin