Study to Evaluate the Effect of Combining Hygiene Education with Deworming

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Project location: Phu Tho province
Investor's name: East Meets West Foundation
Implementation time: From 5/2017 to 11/2018
Eligibility to participate: Participate in joint venture (leading unit)
Detailed Description of the Project: The Randomized Controlled Trial are conducted in Phu Tho, which will receive annual MDAs in 2017 and 2018 as part of the deworming program. The study is be implementing in 100 primary schools in Phu Tho province in order to assess the impact of combining hygiene education with deworming. The purpose of this study is four-fold: 1) Evaluate the impact of combining hygiene education with school-based deworming by comparing the levels of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in children who received deworming medication and hygiene education at primary schools, with children who only received deworming medication; 2) Provide empirical evidence to the Government of Vietnam on the impact of an integrated approach to school-based deworming; 3) Inform the design of a nationwide integrated deworming and hygiene education program; 4) Provide empirical evidence to other governments, agencies, donors and the greater public health community about the benefit of combining hygiene education at schools with school- based deworming.
Summary of specific work performed by the contractor under the contract:

Designing survey tools for School Characteristics surveys, Child KAP surveys and Household surveys
Collecting data for School Characteristics surveys, Child KAP surveys and Household surveys
Designing a protocol for soil-transmitted helminth surveys
Conducting soil-transmitted helminth surveys
Processing data and writing report

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