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Table 3 Descriptive summary of the intervention in each of the countries based on the intervention log-books completed by Oxfam staff

From: Facilitating hand hygiene in displacement camps during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative assessment of a novel handwashing stand and hygiene promotion package

Intervention components

Ethiopia

DRC

Bangladesh

Target population sizea

2000 households (10,000 individuals)

1000 households (5000 individuals)

5000 households (25,000 individuals)

Duration of training provided to implementation staff about the OHS

1 h

1 day

1 day

Number of staff trained on the OHS

2

35

85

Number of OHS facilities

509

511

948

Location of OHS

 Public spaces (markets, water points, communal spaces)

62 (12%)

287 (56%)

105 (11%)

 Outside a household or shared latrine

394 (77%)

143 (28%)

757 (78%)

 Institutional settings (e.g. situated outside a health centre, school, youth centre, religious building, distribution site or organisation offices)

44 (9%)

16 (3%)

86 (9%)

 Unspecified

9 (2%)

64 (13%)

0 (0%)

Duration of installation—average (range)

22 min (5–44 min)

55 min (30–60 min)

30 min

(15–40 min)

Anticipated number of OHS users per facility—average (range)

17 (1—700)

224 (55 -1928)

52 (5—165)

Post installation steps

 Height was adjusted

154 (30%)

511 (100%)

848 (89%)

 Soak away pit dug

172 (34%)

511 (100%)

226 (24%)

 Footsteps to the facility installed

26 (5%)

174 (34%)

6 (0.6%)

 IEC materials placed on the OHS

475 (93%)

511 (100%)

942 (99%)

 Padlocks provided

509 (100%)

497 (97%)

948 (100%)

 Soap (detergent) provided

509 (100%)

499 (97%)

948 (100%)

 Number of facilities where all the above steps were complete

0 (0%)

172 (34%)

0 (0%)

Duration of training provided to implementation staff on MMH

2 h

2.5 h

5 h

Number of implementation staff trained on MMH

7

5

2

Number of community volunteers trained on MMH

102

20

11

Total number of people involved in MMH activities (attending at least one session)

951

2578

334

Total number of MMH activities delivered in each country (See Additional file 2 for more details)

10

9

12

  1. aThe number of people Oxfam intended to reach as part of their programming (based on their initial project proposals)