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NCT Number: NCT01882777

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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Faecal Contamination of Household Drinking Water (Environmental Outcome)

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Manna Energy Ltd.

Kigali, PO Box 1594, Rwanda

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

All households in three selected villages

Exclusion criteria

None

Treatment and study plan

Household drinking water filters and cookstoves

Behavioral

The intervention consists of providing households with a household-based drinking water filter (Lifestraw® Family version 2.0) and high efficiency cook stoves (Eco Zoom) as well as instructions on how to use them. The intervention is delivered at community level through community health workers (CHWs). Following initial distribution of the products, CHWs visit households fortnightly to reinforce messages about correct and consistent use.

Primary outcomes

Thermotolerant coliforms in household drinking water

Time frame: 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 outcomes

Particulate matters 2.5 mg/m3 (PM2.5) concentrations

Time frame: 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

Time frame: 5 months

Questionnaires, direct observations and electronic monitoring devices

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Other

Collaborators

DelAgua
Ministry of Health, Rwanda
Portland State University
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Zurich

Registry information

Official study title

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF WATER FILTERS AND IMPROVED COOK STOVES ON DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND INDOOR AIR POLUTION: A RANDOMISED CONTROLED TRIAL IN RWANDA

Important dates

Study start: 2012
Primary completion: 2013
Study completion: 2013
First posted: Jun 20, 2013
Registry last updated: Jun 20, 2013

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