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Solar Disinfection (SODIS) of Drinking Water for Use in Developing Countries or in Emergency Situations

NCT01306383 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2400

Last updated 2011-11-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

SODISWATER was a health impact assessment study investigating the effect of sunlight to inactivate microbial pathogens in drinking water. This study was carried out by observing whether children younger than 5 years old who drink solar disinfected water were healthier than those who did not. Health was measured by how often the children had diarrhoea or dysentery.

Caregivers for the participants were given plastic bottles to place in the sun, water samples were then collected from these plastic bottles to be analyzed. They were also requested to fill in diarrhea diaries.

TESTABLE RESEARCH HYPOTHESES:

Health Impact Assessment: Children who use solar disinfected water will have:

(a) lower morbidity due to non-bloody diarrhoea and bloody diarrhoea (c) increased growth rates (d) lower mortality (e) increased family productivity (f) decreased care-giver burden (g) increased school attendance

Conditions

  • Dysentery
  • Diarrhoea

Interventions

OTHER

SODIS Bottle

SODIS Bottles used by SODIS group to treat their drinking water

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • ICROSS, Kenya

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • International Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD), Zimbabwe

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • CARE International - Cambodia (CIC), Cambodia

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kevin G McGuigan, PhD · RCSI

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Months
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-10-31
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • Cambodia
  • Kenya
  • Zimbabwe

Study Locations

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