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

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine4,556 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

4,556

Conditions

Cholera Diarrhea

Interventions

Improved water supply

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Centre de Traitement du Cholera, Hôpital General de Reference d'Uvira, Sud-Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo

Uvira, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Admission rate to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre

Time frame: 36 months

Secondary Outcomes

Admission rate to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre of laboratory confirmed cholera cases

Time frame: 36 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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