Weighted Estimates of WASH and MDA Coverage in Five Rwandan Districts

91.9% uptake of albendazole/mebendazole and 88.0% uptake of praziquantel were recorded in a cross-sectional community survey. The dataset contains weighted estimates from a stratified cluster design survey assessing mass drug administration coverage, reasons for non-reach, associated factors, and household water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions in Rwanda. Authored by Dieudonne Hakizimana and last updated in May 2026, it is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze factors associated with mass drug administration uptake based on survey-weighted logistic regression results.
• Assess household water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions based on reported percentages for improved water sources, toilets, and handwashing stations.
• Identify primary reasons for non-reach of deworming treatments based on reported percentages for drug stockouts, absence, and unwillingness.
• Compare reported program coverage with survey-measured uptake for albendazole/mebendazole and praziquantel.

Strengths

• Includes specific, weighted prevalence estimates with confidence intervals, such as 91.9% (95% CI: 84.3–96.0) for albendazole/mebendazole uptake.
• Contains detailed household WASH condition statistics, including 65.6% using improved drinking water sources and 84.4% having improved toilets.
• Provides adjusted odds ratios for factors associated with drug uptake, such as receiving sufficient information (aOR: 5.17).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is limited to five purposively selected districts in Rwanda, which may not be nationally representative.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Dieudonne Hakizimana.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional, community-based survey using a stratified cluster design in five purposively selected districts.

Time Range

Survey period not specified; dataset last updated in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 17:34:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Five selected districts in Rwanda.