Clinical trials: Village Children
Maternal and Child Health
Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) Delivered by Village Health Teams in Bushenyi District in Uganda
In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), many children die from diarrhoea, acute respiratory illness (ARI) and malaria, despite well- recognized, inexpensive and highly effective treatments, since health access and human resources are…
- Trial name
- NCT02046018
- Testing
- ICCM delivered by VHT, ICCM delivered by VHT with Cell Phone, No intervention
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Healthy Child Uganda
Village Children
Deworming and Enhanced Vitamin A Every 6 Month in Rural Indian Children Aged 1-6
Randomisation of 72 large rural areas ("blocks") into a 2 x 2 trial of six- monthly treatment of all village children aged 1-5 with albendazole(400mg), vitamin A (200000 iu), both or neither.
- Trial name
- NCT00222547
- Testing
- Vitamin A, Albendazole
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 720,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)
Regular Growth Monitoring (RGM) of Young Children in Guinea-Bissau
Wasting (severe thinness) is a common and serious problem among young children in rural Guinea-Bissau. Community Health Agents (CHAs) can help prevent malnutrition by regularly measuring children's growth and advising families on…
- Trial name
- NCT07584395
- Testing
- Regular Growth Monitoring (RGM) by Community Health Agents
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College
Child Survival
Millennium Villages Project in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Millennium Villages Project involves the coordinated and simultaneous delivery of a package of proven interventions in health, agriculture, infrastructure and education.
- Trial name
- MVP (NCT01125618)
- Testing
- Health and development intervention package, Routine services
- Where
- 11 sites in Ethiopia, Ghana and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 65,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Polio
Evaluation of Integrating MIYCN Interventions in Existing CGPP of PCI
The study has two arms; both experimental and control areas will receive standard interventions given under polio eradication program of PCI.
- Trial name
- NCT03368885
- Testing
- Maternal dietary diversity, Diet diversity in complementary feeding, Exclusive Breast Feeding
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 2,590 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Diarrhoea, Pneumonia
HCU: Can VHVs Trained in ICCM Improve Care for Children
This study will assess how the current VHV (VHV=CHW, community health worker) scope can be expanded to include iCCM and if such group interventions can provide improved access to treatment for children.
- Conditions
- Diarrhoea, Pneumonia, Malaria
- Trial name
- HCU:VHV/ICCM (NCT02072629)
- Testing
- Training of VHVs in iCCM
- Volunteers
- 4,071 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary