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Health Impact Study of Aquatabs in Tamale, Ghana
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Study NCT00252928   Information provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
First Received: November 10, 2005   Last Updated: October 29, 2007   History of Changes

November 10, 2005
October 29, 2007
July 2006
 
Measure the impact of Aquatabs on diarrhea among persons in households in Tamale, Ghana. [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
Measure the impact of Aquatabs on diarrhea among persons in households in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00252928 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
  • Assess the microbiological quality of household water among persons living in Tamale, Ghana. [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
  • Determine the acceptability of Aquatabs. [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
  • Assess the microbiological quality of household water among persons living in Mwanza, Tanzania.
  • Determine the acceptability of Aquatabs.
 
Health Impact Study of Aquatabs in Tamale, Ghana
Health Impact Study of a Water Treatment Tablet, Aquatabs, in Tamale, Ghana

The purpose of this study to determine whether Aquatabs, a water treatment tablet, reduces diarrheal diseases in a peri-urban population of Tamale, Ghana.

 
 
Interventional
Prevention, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Placebo Control, Factorial Assignment, Efficacy Study
Diarrhea
  • Other: Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) tablets
  • Other: Placebo
  • Placebo Comparator: Placebo group does not receive Aquatabs.
  • Experimental: Intervention arms receives Aquatabs.

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
 
Completed
240
November 2006
 

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Households with at least one child under 5 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Both
 
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United States,   Ghana
 
NCT00252928
 
CDC-NCID-4730
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Medentech Ltd.
  • Emory University Center for Global Safe Water
  • NewEnergy
  • University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
Principal Investigator: Seema Jain, MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Principal Investigator: Robert Quick, MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
October 2007

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