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Establishment of efficient control programs for strongyloidiasis, the infection by Strongyloides stercoralis, is among the World Health Organization (WHO) targets for 2030. Ivermectin is a drug of choice for strongyloidiasis, but its weight-based administration can be unfeasible in remote areas. We evaluated a WHO tablet pole for administration of ivermectin in school-age children living in remote villages in Ecuador. Children were enrolled in 16 villages in Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador, between July 2021 and June 2022. The pole identified four height intervals corresponding to ivermectin doses going from one to four tablets. For each child, we calculated the dose (µg/kg) administered with both weight-based and pole-based administration. Results were classified as follows: optimal dose, acceptable, overdose, underdose. Agreement between the two methods for estimating the number of tablets was assessed with Cohen’s kappa coefficient. Estimations were reported with 95% confi ....