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Table 1 Information on six multi-country, mixed-methods evaluations

From: Lessons learned from conducting six multi-country mixed-methods effectiveness research studies on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions in humanitarian response

 

HWT

Dispensers

Water Safety Plans

Household Spraying

Water Trucking

Bucket Chlorination

Years Data Collected

2008–2010

2011–2013

2015–2017

2017–2019

2017–2019

2017–2019

Donor

UNICEF

Oxfam

BMGF

UNICEF

R2HC

OFDA

OFDA/R2HC

Countries evaluated

Haiti

Kenya

Indonesia

Nepal

DRC

Haiti

Sierra Leone Senegal

DRC

Fiji

India

Vanuatu

DRC

Haiti

Mozambique

CXB

DRC

CXB

DRC

Haiti

Mozambique

Nigeria

Emergency type

Acute:

earthquakes, cholera, flooding

Acute:

cholera, food insecurity

a

Endemic and epidemic cholera settings

Long-term, recurring, refugee

Recurring, long-term contexts and acute outbreak

Criteria for evaluation

HWT in acute

Criteria defined in initial meeting

WSP with UNICEF

Any implemented program

Partners (planned)

Determined after arrival

Set in grant, provided funding for implementation

UNICEF partners

Pre-selected partners, also open to all

Open, any OFDA country

Pre-selected and open to any OFDA countries

Ethics (Institutional)

Pre-approval at

LSHTM

Pre-approval at

IPA

SBER pre-review of protocol and tools, modifications submitted to Committee by country, re-reviewed, final approval after local approval via formal SBER review process or review or (if not available/appropriate) by qualified personnel who provided letter obtained

Ethics (local)

Not required

during this time

Not required

during this time

Research budget (USD)

~ 300,000

~ 800,000

~ 150,000+

~ 90,000

~ 100,000

~ 190,000

  1. a Study was not originally specific to humanitarian contexts, however, DRC was a long-term emergency, Fiji/Vanuatu recovering from acute emergencies, and Fiji/India/Vanuatu contexts planning for future climate emergencies