Status:
COMPLETED
The Impact of Involving Informal Health Providers for Tuberculosis Control in Sudan
Lead Sponsor:
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Epidemiological Laboratory (EpiLab), Khartoum-Sudan.
The Norwegian Heart and Lung Patients Association (LHL)
Conditions:
Tuberculosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
14+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Training and engaging of unpaid informal providers (such as tea-sellers, women's groups, youth clubs, small traders and religious groups) from poorer localities in TB disease recognition, referral and...
Detailed Description
Barriers to accessing health services faced by poor and vulnerable populations are numerous in developing countries. These include; geography, income poverty, lack of trust in the quality of public he...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Access point for health seeking by the poor and vulnerable
- Active and well known in community
- Intervention activities can be confined to intervention area
- Based in community/locality
- Longevity; long standing
- Present in control and intervention areas
- Able and willing to complete the training to be Triage-Plus providers (ie giving formal consent)
Exclusion
- Formal health providers, e.g. clinics, labs, hospitals (MOH, NGO or private)
- Internationally funded organizations, e.g. international NGOs
- Civil servants e.g. teachers
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
380 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01841541
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
April 1 2012
Last Update
April 26 2013
Active Locations (1)
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The Epidemiological Laboratory (EpiLab)
Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan