Preventative Intervention for Cholera for 7 Days

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Conditions studied: Cholera, Water-Related Diseases, Diarrhea Infectious

In brief

The first objective of our study is to develop a theory-driven evidence-based targeted water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention for household members of diarrhea patients in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through formative research and community engagement. The second objective is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of 2,320 household members of 580 severe diarrhea patients to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed targeted WASH intervention in terms of: 1. reducing diarrheal diseases household members of cholera and severe diarrhea patients; and 2. increasing WASH behaviors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05166850

Run by

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

People needed

2900

Starts

2021-12-22

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-17

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diarrhea patients presenting with three or more loose stools over a 24h period
• Having no running water inside of their home
• Plan to reside in Bukavu for the next 12 months
• Have a child <5 years in their household
• Have a working mobile phone in the household

You may not qualify if…

• No one will be excluded because of age, sex, religion, or sexual preference
• Presenting at the health facility with a fever (COVID-19 prevention)

Where it is running

• General Provincial Reference Hospital of Bukavu — Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (enrolling)
• Université Catholique de Bukavu — Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (enrolling)

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