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NCT04529434
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Star Homes Project 2

Sponsor: University of Oxford

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

Malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea causes a lot of illness in children in Tanzania and the study want to find better ways of protecting people against these diseases and want to find out if the type of house design can affect the general health of children living in the house.

Official title: Star Homes - Better Health Through Better Housing: Phase 2 House Evaluation

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

Any - 12 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

2750

Start Date

2022-01-04

Completion Date

2025-12-31

Last Updated

2025-06-11

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Interventions

OTHER

Star Homes

110 identical novel-designed houses, known as Star Homes, include the critical structural components e.g. building orientated to provide optimal shading throughout the day, light-weight \& durable roof, facade and openings screened from insects to reduce insect entry while assuring airflow, an outdoor fly-proof latrine, and solar power providing electric light at night etc.

OTHER

Traditional African houses

A traditional mud house: with wattle and daub walls, a thatched roof, and no electricity or piped water supply.

Locations (1)

CSK Research Solutions

Dar Es Salaam, Mtwara, Tanzania