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Impact Evaluation of Urban Water Supply Improvements on Cholera and Other Diarrhoeal Diseases in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo

NCT02928341 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4556

Last updated 2022-08-26

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Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of a large-scale urban water supply improvement intervention on cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases. The study uses a step wedge cluster randomised controlled trial (SWcRCT) to measure the effect of the intervention on cholera centre admission rates and confirmed cholera cases. A nested cohort study will examine changes in water-related practices following the intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Improved water supply

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Oliver Cumming, MSc · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

  • Karin Gallandat, PhD · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-31
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

Study Locations

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Diseases

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