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