Community and District Empowerment for Scale-up (CODES)

Community and District Empowerment for Scale-up (CODES): A complex district level intervention to improve child survival in Uganda-study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN15705788

Enrollment

Registered

2015-07-24

Start date

2013-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-06-21

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Conditions

Child health with special focus on pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria Infections and Infestations

Interventions

The CODES intervention package, which combines implementation of district-level diagnostic, management and evaluation tools, is evaluated for effect via a cluster randomized trial with eight distric

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. All members of the district health teams in the intervention and control districts 2. District local and political leaders 3. We have no specific age limit so long as they are within the considered districts

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All districts outside the intervention and control arms

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The status of the key protective, preventive and curative quality coverage indicators for pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria Measurements will be made in intervention and comparison districts at baseline and at endpoint two years (24 months) later	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria Measurements will be made in intervention and comparison districts at baseline and at endpoint two years (24 months) later	—

Countries

Uganda

Contacts

Public ContactFlavia Mpanga

fmpanga@unicef.org+256 717171 407 , +256 772244345

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 13, 2026