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Preventative Intervention for Cholera for 7 Days

Democratic Republic of the Congo2,900 participantsStarted 2021-12-22

Plain-language summary

The first objective of our study is to develop a theory-driven evidence-based targeted water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention for household members of diarrhea patients in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through formative research and community engagement. The second objective is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of 2,320 household members of 580 severe diarrhea patients to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed targeted WASH intervention in terms of: 1. reducing diarrheal diseases household members of cholera and severe diarrhea patients; and 2. increasing WASH behaviors.

Who can participate

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Inclusion Criteria: * Diarrhea patients presenting with three or more loose stools over a 24h period * Having no running water inside of their home * Plan to reside in Bukavu for the next 12 months * Have a child \<5 years in their household * Have a working mobile phone in the household Exclusion Criteria: * No one will be excluded because of age, sex, religion, or sexual preference * Presenting at the health facility with a fever (COVID-19 prevention)

What they're measuring

Diarrhea among household members

Timeframe: 12 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05166850

SponsorJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-12-22

Contact for this trial

Christine Marie George, PhD

(202) 657-5798 cmgeorge@jhu.edu

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