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

NCT01882777 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 6239
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 566
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Faecal Contamination of Household Drinking Water (Environmental Outcome)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Thermotolerant coliforms in household drinking water

  Faecal contamination levels (thermotolerant coliforms) in household drinking water. Household drinking water quality will be monitored monthly over a 5-month period.

  5 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

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

  once

• Adherence - use of water filters and cookstoves

  5 months

Study Arms (2)

Existing water management and cooking practices

NO INTERVENTION

Households in the control arm continue following their existing drinking water management and cooking practices

Provision of water filters and improved cookstoves

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Households in intervention arm are provided with drinking water filters and improved cook stoves

Behavioral: Household drinking water filters and cookstoves

Interventions

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.

Provision of water filters and improved cookstoves

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All households in three selected villages

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: lead
• DelAgua: collaborator
• Portland State University: collaborator
• University of Colorado, Boulder: collaborator
• University of Zurich: collaborator
• Ministry of Health, Rwanda: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Manna Energy Ltd.

Kigali, PO Box 1594, Rwanda

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Rosa G, Majorin F, Boisson S, Barstow C, Johnson M, Kirby M, Ngabo F, Thomas E, Clasen T. Assessing the impact of water filters and improved cook stoves on drinking water quality and household air pollution: a randomised controlled trial in Rwanda. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 10;9(3):e91011. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091011. eCollection 2014.

  PMID: 24614750 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2013
• First Posted: June 20, 2013
• Study Start: September 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2013
• Study Completion: March 1, 2013
• Last Updated: June 20, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-06

Locations

RW (1)