SHINE Sanitation, Hygiene, Infant Nutrition Efficacy Project (SHINE)
Growth; Stunting, Nutritional, Anemia
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Growth; Stunting, Nutritional focused on measuring Cluster randomized trial, Nutrition, Water Sanitation Hygiene, Environmental enteropathy
Eligibility Criteria
Study participants will be women who are rural residents of Chirumanzu or Shurugwi districts in Zimbabwe and who become pregnant during the enrollment period of the trial and are identified and consent to participation during pregnancy, and their live born infants. A total of 5280 women will be enrolled.
Inclusion Criteria:
Pregnant women residing in the study districts, whose pregnancy is confirmed by a urine pregnancy test.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women residing in the study districts who become pregnant during the enrollment period but do not consent to join the trial
- Women who reside in urban areas of these two districts
- Infants with major non-fatal abnormalities will not be excluded from study procedures, but will be excluded from the final analytic sample if the abnormality is likely to directly affect gut health/function or stature (e.g. neural tube defects, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome)
Sites / Locations
- Zvitambo
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Placebo Comparator
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Standard of Care
WASH
Nutrition
WASH and Nutrition
The Standard of Care interventions are the blanket interventions.
One of two active interventions to be studied in this 2X2 (two by two) Factorial trial: Intervention 1: a package of interventions to improve household sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
One of two active interventions to be studied in this 2X2 Factorial trial: Intervention 2: a package of interventions to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF)
This arm receives a combination of all standard care interventions, all WASH and all IYCF interventions.