Cups or Cash for Girls Trial to Reduce Sexual and Reproductive Harm and School Dropout

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

4,138

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 28, 2017

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2021

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2021

Conditions
Reproductive HealthHerpesvirus InfectionHIV InfectionsWoman AbuseQuality of LifeAdolescent Behavior
Interventions
DEVICE

Menstrual Cup

Menstrual cups are reusable bell-shaped receptacles made of high grade medical silicone which collect \~30 ml of menstrual blood when inserted into the vaginal canal

OTHER

Cash transfer

A small stipend of Ksh 1500 (US$15, Dec15 exch) per term will be provided to girls, through a safe and secure mobile money transfer system provider, like M-Pesa, Equity, or Postbank. Monies will be transferred at the beginning of a term, based on school registry statistics confirming participants attended for at least 80% of the previous term.

OTHER

Cups and Cash

Combination of both interventions, using the same interventions and implementation methods.

Trial Locations (1)

40600

84 rural secondary schools in Siaya County (expanded to total 96 schools; Protocol v7), Siaya

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Kenya Medical Research Institute

OTHER

collaborator

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

collaborator

Safe Water and AIDS Project

OTHER

lead

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

OTHER