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

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cholera; Diarrhea
• Interventions: Other: Improved water supply

• Registration Number: NCT02928341
• Lead Sponsor: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10
• Study First Submitted: 2016-10-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-10-07
• Study First Posted: 2016-10-10
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-31
• Study Completion: 2021-12-31
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-23
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4556

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Improved water supply	Received water supply improvement intervention designed to improve access to tap water, consisting of community managed public taps, improved tap water distribution network, refurbished tap connections and promotion of new household tap connections.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Admission rate to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre	36 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Admission rate to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre of laboratory confirmed cholera cases	36 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre de Traitement du Cholera, Hôpital General de Reference d'Uvira, Sud-Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo; 🇨🇩 Uvira, Sud-Kivu, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the