Western Kenya Integrated COVID-19 Response

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Covid19
• Interventions: Other: Training of youth, community health assistants and community health workers.; Other: Training clinicians in basic critical care and the management of severe COVID-19 cases

• Registration Number: NCT04501458
• Lead Sponsor: Surgical Systems Research Group

Brief Summary

To respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, investigators will be deploying community health workers, equipped with mobile technology, and accompanied by youth to visit households door to door to screen for symptoms of COVID-19, isolate, test, and manage suspected cases of COVID-19. The community health workers and youth will educate households about preventive measures including frequent handwashing and home management of mild cases. Simultaneously, investigators will work with nurses, doctors, and clinical officers, to test and treat more severe cases of COVID-19 in health facilities. Our goals are: to visit every household in Siaya county covering a population of close to 1 million, and to train and support health workers working in 32 health facilities with oxygen capacity in Siaya to reduce the morbidity and mortality related to COVID19 and other conditions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-05
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-06
• Study Start: 2020-08-10
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-21
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-22
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-10
• Study Completion: 2022-06-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200000

Inclusion Criteria

• Youth aged 18 to 30 years old.
• Active community health workers.
• Facilities with oxygen capacity.

Exclusion Criteria

• Individuals younger than 18 or older than 30 years old.
• Inactive community health workers.
• Facilities without oxygen capacity.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Functional community health units	Training of youth, community health assistants and community health workers.	Community health units with active community health workers.
Health facilities with oxygen capacity	Training clinicians in basic critical care and the management of severe COVID-19 cases	Health facility with regular oxygen capacity.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mortality	3 months	Mortality related to COVID-19
Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Siaya	3 months	Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Siaya

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Surgical Systems Research Group/Tropical Institute of Community Health; 🇰🇪 Kisumu, Kenya