Evaluating a Water Quality Assurance Fund Intervention in Ghana and Kenya
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorThe Aquaya Institute
About this trial
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of a novel financial and capacity strengthening intervention (the 'Water Quality Assurance Fund' program) on water safety management in rural Ghana and Kenya. The investigators hypothesize the intervention will improve water system operator knowledge, chlorination practices, and water quality at the point of collection, as well as improve consumer satisfaction, awareness, and willingness-to-pay for water that is tested and treated.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
The district or county government was interested in participating in the Assurance Fund program and water systems within the district/county were accessible to a partner central laboratory that was able to provide water sample collection and testing services for a fee.
Water systems were functional.
Water systems were piped water systems (Kenya, Ghana) or mechanized boreholes with a single tapstand (Ghana).
Water systems could afford regular water quality testing from the selected laboratory.
Disqualifiers
Water systems did not meet above inclusion criteria.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Water Quality Assurance Fund
Treatment groups
4,800 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
The Aquaya Institute
Lead sponsor
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Collaborator
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Collaborator
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Collaborator
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Collaborator
Water Mission
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov