Community Trial of Zinc Supplementation on Preschool Child Mortality and Morbidity in Southern Nepal

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether daily supplementation of young children in Nepal with either zinc, iron-folic acid, or both can reduce mortality and morbidity. Young children in Nepal have numerous nutritional deficiencies and high rates of morbidity and mortality. Zinc and/or iron supplementation may be a cost-effective method for reducing these risks.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• Collaborators: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Treatments: Folic Acid; Zinc; Zinc Sulfate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children 1-35 months of age living in 30 Village Development Committees of Sarlahi District in southern Nepal.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Parent refusal