Table 1.
Component | Intervention | Frequency of intervention | Objectively verifiable indicators | Sources of verification | Expected outcome |
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(a) Diarrhea interventions (DIA)
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Drinking water quality |
Drinking water filters |
Continuous |
Values of water quality parametersa |
Field collection |
Clean water supply |
Cover drinking containers with lids |
Continuous |
Observational index: lid fitted correctly (yes/no) |
Field observation |
Clean water supply. Ensuring no additional contamination to water |
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Cleaning water storage containers |
At least once per semester |
Observational index: appearance clean (yes/no) |
Field observation + responsible municipal authority |
Clean water supply. Ensuring no additional contamination to water |
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Hygiene |
Promotion of hand-washing with soap |
Daily |
1. Presence of soap (yes/no). |
Field observation survey (for indicator 1 and 2). Questionnaire (for indicator 3). |
Hand-washing practices carried out and maintained (as taught in educational campaign) |
2. Availability of water for hand-washing (yes/no). | |||||
3. Frequency of hand-washing with soap by school pupils | |||||
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Promotion of proper use and cleaning of toilets |
Daily |
Toilet cleanliness score |
Field observation |
Eliminate potential routes for feces ingestion during toilet use |
Education and training |
Educational campaign on diarrheal disease, hand-washing, hygiene, health and water relationships |
Monthly modules |
KAP score |
KAP questionnaire |
Children acquired proper hygiene and sanitation knowledge and practices |
(b) Dengue interventions (DEN)
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Adult mosquitoes |
Insecticide treated curtains |
Continuous |
Aedes aegypti adult mosquito density |
Field collections |
Reduce adult mosquito density |
Immature mosquitoes |
Cover containers with lids or covers |
Continuous |
Aedes aegypti larval and pupal density |
Field collections |
Reduce immature mosquito density |
Treatment with pyriproxifen in containers that cannot be fitted with lids or covers |
Continuous with weekly follow-up |
Aedes aegypti larval and pupal density |
Field collections |
Reduce immature mosquito density |
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Solid waste management |
Larval source control through solid waste management |
At least once per semester |
Number of positive Aedes aegypti immature breeding sites in solid waste |
Field observation |
Elimination of breeding sites |
Education and training | Educational campaign on dengue disease; vector biology, ecology, and control; role of solid waste; water and health relationships | Monthly modules | KAP score | KAP questionnaire | Children acquired knowledge and practices on dengue and mosquito control |
aIn-situ: temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids; Laboratory: Total coliforms, fecal coliforms, and E. coli.