Cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the Rwanda Ministryof Health and DelAgua Health “Tubeho Neza” large-scale distribution of cookstoves and water filters in Western Province, Rwanda, 2015. DelAgua.
Authors: Thomas Clasen, Corey Nagel, Evan Thomas
Preliminary results suggest that after 2 years, the Phase 1 program achieved a 46% reduction in diarrhoea in children under 5, a 73% reduction in household air pollution for families cooking outdoors, and a 27.7% reduction in cookstove emission exposure among children. If similar reductions are sustained throughout Phase 2, this program may save more than 30 children’s lives a year, and avert over 2,500 disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) annually.
