Evaluation of a Project to Distribute Water Filters and Cookstoves in Western Rwanda

Faecal Contamination of Household Drinking Water (Environmental Outcome) Clinical Trial

Official title:

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF WATER FILTERS AND IMPROVED COOK STOVES ON DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND INDOOR AIR POLUTION: A RANDOMISED CONTROLED TRIAL IN RWANDA

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01882777
• Other study ID #: 6239
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 22, 2013
• Last updated: June 18, 2013
• Start date: September 2012
• Est. completion date: March 2013

Study information

• Verified date: June 2013
• Source: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United Kingdom: LSHTM Research Ethics CommitteeRwanda: National Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

DelAgua Health and Development, Manna Energy and the Rwanda Ministry of Health are collaborating on a project financed by carbon credits that will distribute household-based water filters and high-efficiency cook stoves to approximately 700,000 households in Rwanda. Prior to the full roll out of the campaign, the implementers are conducting a pilot project among 2000 households in western Rwanda. The objectives of this pilot evaluation are to document the delivery of the intervention to the intervention population, assess coverage and uptake of the intervention target households and conduct a 5-month randomised controlled trial among 500 households to assess the impact of the intervention on drinking water quality and indoor air quality.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 566
• Est. completion date: March 2013
• Est. primary completion date: March 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All households in three selected villages

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Faecal Contamination of Household Drinking Water (Environmental Outcome)

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Household drinking water filters and cookstoves
The intervention consists of providing households with a household-based drinking water filter (Lifestraw® Family version 2.0) and high efficiency cook stoves (Eco Zoom) as well as instructions on how to use them. The intervention is delivered at community level through community health workers (CHWs). Following initial distribution of the products, CHWs visit households fortnightly to reinforce messages about correct and consistent use.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Rwanda	Manna Energy Ltd.	Kigali

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	DelAgua, Portland State University, Rwanda Ministry of Health, University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Zurich

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Rwanda, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Thermotolerant coliforms in household drinking water	Faecal contamination levels (thermotolerant coliforms) in household drinking water. Household drinking water quality will be monitored monthly over a 5-month period.	5 months	No
Secondary	Particulate matters 2.5 mg/m3 (PM2.5) concentrations	PM2.5 concentrations measured in reported main cooking area once (24-hour period) in a sub-sample of 120 households.	once	No
Secondary	Adherence - use of water filters and cookstoves	Questionnaires, direct observations and electronic monitoring devices	5 months	No