Status:
COMPLETED
PROMISE EBF: Safety and Efficacy of Exclusive Breastfeeding Promotion in the Era of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lead Sponsor:
Centre For International Health
Collaborating Sponsors:
European Union
The Norwegian Programme for Development, Research and Higher Education
Conditions:
Diarrhea
Eligibility:
All Genders
15+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objective of the project is to develop and test an intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), to assess its impact on infant health in African contexts where a high prevalence of HIV i...
Detailed Description
Rationale The single most effective way of saving the lives of millions of young children in developing countries would be the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF). Over a period of 10 years it...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Lives in a selected cluster
- Is \>= 6 months pregnant
- Has no plans to move outside of the cluster within 1 year
Exclusion
- Reduced ability to collaborate for psychological/mental reasons
- Severely ill
- Has given birth more than 7 days ago
- Has given birth less than 7 days ago and it was a multiple birth; or the child has a severe malformation; or death of the mother or the baby.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
2579 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00397150
Start Date
November 1 2006
End Date
April 1 2011
Last Update
February 24 2015
Active Locations (4)
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1
Centre Muraz
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
2
School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (UWC)
Cape Town, South Africa
3
Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
4
Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zambia, School of Medicine (UNZA/SOM)
Lusaka, Zambia