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

Conditions

Cholera, Diarrhea

Brief summary

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.

Karin Gallandat, Amy MacDougall, Aurélie Jeandron, Jaime Mufitini Saidi, Baron Bashige Rumedeka et al. (11 authors)

PLoS neglected tropical diseases2024-07-033 citations

10.1371/journal.pntd.0012265

The impact of improved water supply on cholera and diarrhoeal diseases in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a protocol for a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial and economic evaluation.

Gallandat K, Jeandron A, Ross I, Mufitini Saidi J, Bashige Rumedeka B, Lumami Kapepula V, Cousens S, Allen E, MacDougall A, Cumming O.

2021-06-215 citations

10.1186/s13063-021-05249-x

Prevalence and diversity of enteric pathogens among cholera treatment centre patients with acute diarrhea in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo

Camille Williams, Oliver Cumming, Lynn Grignard, Baron Bashige Rumedeka, Jaime Mufitini Saidi et al. (8 authors)

BMC Infectious Diseases2020-10-0927 citations

10.1186/s12879-020-05454-0

Interventions

OTHERImproved water supply

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

FACTORIAL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

No

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Admission rate to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre	36 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Admission rate to the Uvira Cholera Treatment Centre of laboratory confirmed cholera cases	36 months

Countries

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Outcome results

None listed