Malaria as a Protection Factor Against Severe Covid-19 (Known as SARS-COV-2) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Palu-COVID)
Conditions: Covid19; Paludism Intervention: Sponsor: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium Recruiting (Source: ClinicalTrials.gov)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov - August 19, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
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
DiscussionIn this protocol, we describe a pragmatic approach to conducting rigorous research to assess the impacts of a complex water supply intervention on severe diarrhoeal disease and cholera in an unstable, low-resource setting representative of cholera-affected areas. In particular, we discuss a series of pre-identified risks and linked mitigation strategies as well as the value of combining different data collection methods and preparation of multiple analysis scenarios to account for possible deviations from the protocol. The study described here has the potential to provide robust evidence to support more effective...
Source: Trials - June 21, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
Impact Study of Cholera Vaccination in Endemic Areas - Clinical Surveillance
Condition: Cholera Intervention: Sponsors: Epicentre; Wellcome Trust; Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands; Ministry of Public Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale. Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo Not yet recruiting (Source: ClinicalTrials.gov)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov - April 21, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
