Cluster Randomised Trial of Improved Sanitation in Rural Orissa, India

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Status

Completed

Conditions

Nutritional Status

Soil-transmitted Helminth Infection

Diarrhoea

Treatments

Behavioral: Provision of household latrines

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01214785

MR03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is a cluster-randomized, controlled trial conducted among 100 villages (including approximately 3500 households and 20,000 people) in Puri district, State of Orissa, India. The study aims to assess the impact of the construction and use of latrines in rural settings on diarrhoeal disease, helminth infections and nutritional status. The study will also report on the cost and cost-effectiveness of the intervention and its impact on lost days at school and work as well as on expenditures on drugs and medical treatment. The study will document how the intervention actually impacts exposure to human excreta along principal transmission pathways by evaluating the impact on (i) faecal contamination of drinking water, (ii) the presence of mechanical vectors (flies) in food preparation areas, and (iii) the presence of faeces in and around participating households and villages. The study will also explore the extent to which different levels of acquisition and use of on-site sanitation among householders impact disease throughout the community.

Enrollment

100 estimated patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Village level:

Little existing sanitation coverage (<10%)
WaterAid and implementing partners expects normal scale up
Stable and reasonably acceptable water supply
No other WASH interventions planned or anticipated in next 30 months
Reasonable year-round access by road to permit household visits by surveillance staff

Household level: