Efficacy of zinc or iron supplementation during first three years of life in preventing mortality in Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Completed
- Conditions
- Severe morbidity and mortalitySigns and SymptomsMortality
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN59549825
- Lead Sponsor
- The Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CAH)/World Health Organization (WHO) (Switzerland)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 24076
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children aged 1 to 35 months
2. Resident of the Pemba Island and likely to remain in the area during the study period
3. Parents consenting to participate in the trial
Exclusion Criteria
1. Children unable to swallow
2. Children hospitalised or receiving therapeutic multivitamins supplements are only recruited once discharged from hospital or supplement therapy is stopped
3. Children with clinically severe malnutrition will be re-evaluated after completion of the rehabilitation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method