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Evaluation of Integrated Community Case Management in Ethiopia

NCT01606267 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 607770

Last updated 2018-04-23

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to to measure the effect of the HEP+ICCM program relative to routine HEP approach in rural Ethiopia on changes in coverage of case management of common childhood illnesses and severe acute malnutrition, reductions in mortality among children under the age of five, and improvements in nutritional status using a rigorous evaluation design.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

health systems intervention: HEP+ICCM

In the HEP+ICCM intervention areas, HEWs will assess and treat childhood pneumonia with cotrimoxazole. The program will strengthen the capacity of HEWs to assess, classify and treat malaria (with ACTs), diarrhea (with ORS) and undernutrition (with therapeutic feeding) through refresher trainings and strengthening supervision, logistical support and the ICCM system overall.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian International Development Agency

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • UNICEF

    collaborator OTHER

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Black, MD, MPH · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  • Agbessi Amouzou, PhD · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-12-31
Primary Completion
2013-05-31
Completion
2013-05-31

Countries

  • Ethiopia

Study Locations

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Diseases

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