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
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.
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: |
Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention
Country | Name | City | State |
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Rwanda | Manna Energy Ltd. | Kigali |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | DelAgua, Portland State University, Rwanda Ministry of Health, University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Zurich |
Rwanda,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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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 |