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dc.contributor.authorHumphrey, JH
dc.contributor.authorMbuya, MNN
dc.contributor.authorNtozini, R
dc.contributor.authorMoulton, LH
dc.contributor.authorStoltzfus, RJ
dc.contributor.authorTavengwa, NV
dc.contributor.authorMutasa, K
dc.contributor.authorMajo, F
dc.contributor.authorMutasa, B
dc.contributor.authorMangwadu, G
dc.contributor.authorChasokela, CM
dc.contributor.authorChigumira, A
dc.contributor.authorChasekwa, B
dc.contributor.authorSmith, LE
dc.contributor.authorTielsch, JM
dc.contributor.authorJones, AD
dc.contributor.authorManges, AR
dc.contributor.authorMaluccio, JA
dc.contributor.authorPrendergast, AJ
dc.contributor.authorSanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) Trial Team
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-12T17:43:26Z
dc.date.available2018-08-01
dc.date.available2019-03-12T17:43:26Z
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.identifier.citationPrendergast, A. J., et al. (2019). "Independent and combined effects of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene, and improved complementary feeding, on stunting and anaemia among HIV-exposed children in rural Zimbabwe: a cluster-randomised controlled trial." The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 3(2): 77-90en_US
dc.identifier.issn2214-109X
dc.identifier.urihttps://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/56128
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Child stunting reduces survival and impairs neurodevelopment. We tested the independent and combined effects of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and improved infant and young child feeding (IYCF) on stunting and anaemia in in Zimbabwe. METHODS: We did a cluster-randomised, community-based, 2 × 2 factorial trial in two rural districts in Zimbabwe. Clusters were defined as the catchment area of between one and four village health workers employed by the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care. Women were eligible for inclusion if they permanently lived in clusters and were confirmed pregnant. Clusters were randomly assigned (1:1:1:1) to standard of care (52 clusters), IYCF (20 g of a small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement per day from age 6 to 18 months plus complementary feeding counselling; 53 clusters), WASH (construction of a ventilated improved pit latrine, provision of two handwashing stations, liquid soap, chlorine, and play space plus hygiene counselling; 53 clusters), or IYCF plus WASH (53 clusters). A constrained randomisation technique was used to achieve balance across the groups for 14 variables related to geography, demography, water access, and community-level sanitation coverage. Masking of participants and fieldworkers was not possible. The primary outcomes were infant length-for-age Z score and haemoglobin concentrations at 18 months of age among children born to mothers who were HIV negative during pregnancy. These outcomes were analysed in the intention-to-treat population. We estimated the effects of the interventions by comparing the two IYCF groups with the two non-IYCF groups and the two WASH groups with the two non-WASH groups, except for outcomes that had an important statistical interaction between the interventions. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01824940. FINDINGS: Between Nov 22, 2012, and March 27, 2015, 5280 pregnant women were enrolled from 211 clusters. 3686 children born to HIV-negative mothers were assessed at age 18 months (884 in the standard of care group from 52 clusters, 893 in the IYCF group from 53 clusters, 918 in the WASH group from 53 clusters, and 991 in the IYCF plus WASH group from 51 clusters). In the IYCF intervention groups, the mean length-for-age Z score was 0·16 (95% CI 0·08-0·23) higher and the mean haemoglobin concentration was 2·03 g/L (1·28-2·79) higher than those in the non-IYCF intervention groups. The IYCF intervention reduced the number of stunted children from 620 (35%) of 1792 to 514 (27%) of 1879, and the number of children with anaemia from 245 (13·9%) of 1759 to 193 (10·5%) of 1845. The WASH intervention had no effect on either primary outcome. Neither intervention reduced the prevalence of diarrhoea at 12 or 18 months. No trial-related serious adverse events, and only three trial-related adverse events, were reported. INTERPRETATION: Household-level elementary WASH interventions implemented in rural areas in low-income countries are unlikely to reduce stunting or anaemia and might not reduce diarrhoea. Implementation of these WASH interventions in combination with IYCF interventions is unlikely to reduce stunting or anaemia more than implementation of IYCF alone. FUNDING: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UK Department for International Development, Wellcome Trust, Swiss Development Cooperation, UNICEF, and US National Institutes of Health.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe SHINE trial is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1021542 and OPP113707); UK Department for International Development; Wellcome Trust, UK (093768/Z/10/Z, 108065/Z/15/Z and 203905/Z/16/Z); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation; US National Institutes of Health (2R01HD060338-06); and UNICEF (PCA-2017-0002).en_US
dc.format.extente132 - e147
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofLancet Glob Health
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution License
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectHIV-exposed childrenen_US
dc.subjectwater, sanitation, and hygieneen_US
dc.subjectZimbabween_US
dc.subjectundernutritionen_US
dc.titleIndependent and combined effects of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene, and improved complementary feeding, on child stunting and anaemia in rural Zimbabwe: a cluster-randomised trial.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.holder2018 The Author(s).
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30374-7
pubs.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30554749en_US
pubs.issue1en_US
pubs.notesNo embargoen_US
pubs.publication-statusPublisheden_US
pubs.volume7en_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-08-01
rioxxterms.funderDefault funderen_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectDefault projecten_US
qmul.funderThe impact of cotrimoxazole on healthly birth and growth in rural Zimbabwe::Wellcome Trusten_US


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