Evaluation of a Project to Distribute Water Filters and Cook Stoves in Western Rwanda--Phase 1B

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• Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
• Main ID: NCT01998282
• Date of registration: 08/11/2013
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Public title: Evaluation of a Project to Distribute Water Filters and Cook Stoves in Western Rwanda--Phase 1B
• Scientific title: Assessing the Impact of Water Filters and Improved Cook Stoves on Drinking Water and Quality and Indoor Air Pollution: A Matched Cohort Study in Rwanda
• Date of first enrolment: October 2013
• Target sample size: 1035
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01998282
• Study type: Observational
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Rwanda

Contacts

• Name: Thomas F Clasen, PhD
• Affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Households will be eligible to participate in the study if they reside in selected villages
and are willing to participate after receiving complete details regarding the study.
Intervention households must have a functioning stove and water filter in order to
participate, though they do not need to be in regular use. We will enroll all households
with a child under 5 years of age if they are in Ubudehe groups 1 or 2.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Focus of Study is to Assess Filter and Stove Use and Efficacy in Reducing Exposure to Waterborne and Airborne Pathogens

Primary Outcome(s)

Personal exposure to PM2.5 and CO (mg/m3) [Time Frame: 10 months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Thermotolerant coliforms (TTC) in colony forming units (CFU) per 100ml of sample water [Time Frame: 10 months]

Secondary ID(s)

6457

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Portland State University

DelAgua

Rwanda Ministry of Health

University of Colorado, Boulder