CompletedNot Applicable

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo4,556 participantsStarted 2016-10

Plain-language 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.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Uvira resident admitted to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre in Uvira Exclusion Criteria: * Any patients admitted during the period of intervention implementation in each cluster

What they're measuring

Admission rate to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre

Timeframe: 36 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02928341

SponsorLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-12-31

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