Health Impact Study of Aquatabs in Tamale, Ghana

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention240 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study to determine whether Aquatabs, a water treatment tablet, reduces diarrheal diseases in a peri-urban population of Tamale, Ghana.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

240

Conditions

Diarrhea

Interventions

Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) tabletsOTHER

Intervention arm receives NaDCC tablets to use for to disinfect their household water for use for 20L of water. Ideally, disinfection occurs every day.

PlaceboOTHER

Placebo

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Households with at least one child under 5 years old Exclusion Criteria: \-

Locations (3)

Emory University Center for Global Safe Water

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

NewEnergy

Tamale, Ghana

University of Development Studies

Tamale, Ghana

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Measure the impact of Aquatabs on diarrhea among persons in households in Tamale, Ghana.

Time frame: 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Assess the microbiological quality of household water among persons living in Tamale, Ghana.

Time frame: 12 weeks

Determine the acceptability of Aquatabs.

Time frame: 12 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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