Evaluation of a Project to Distribute Water Filters and Cookstoves in Western Rwanda

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Faecal Contamination of Household Drinking Water (Environmental Outcome)
• Interventions: Behavioral: Household drinking water filters and cookstoves

• Registration Number: NCT01882777
• Lead Sponsor: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-09
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-22
• Primary Completion: 2013-03
• Study Completion: 2013-03
• Status Verified: 2013-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-06-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-06-18
• Study First Posted: 2013-06-20
• Last Update Posted: 2013-06-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 566

Inclusion Criteria

• All households in three selected villages

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Provision of water filters and improved cookstoves	Household drinking water filters and cookstoves	Households in intervention arm are provided with drinking water filters and improved cook stoves

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Thermotolerant coliforms in household drinking water	5 months	Faecal contamination levels (thermotolerant coliforms) in household drinking water. Household drinking water quality will be monitored monthly over a 5-month period.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Particulate matters 2.5 mg/m3 (PM2.5) concentrations	once	PM2.5 concentrations measured in reported main cooking area once (24-hour period) in a sub-sample of 120 households.
Adherence - use of water filters and cookstoves	5 months	Questionnaires, direct observations and electronic monitoring devices

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Manna Energy Ltd.; 🇷🇼 Kigali, Rwanda