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Table 1 Number of service and reward visits by AGYW aged 15–24 and collection of pads and reward MHP at Yathu Yathu hubs during the different phases of the study period (September 2020 – January 2021)

From: Access to menstrual hygiene products through incentivised, community-based, peer-led sexual and reproductive health services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Yathu Yathu trial

Overall number of visits for a service and/or reward

34,116

    

Overall number of visits where any MHP collected

10,306

    

Overall % of visits where MHP collected

30.2

    
 

Pilot Phase

Post-adaptation Phase

Entire phase pre-COVID19-related closures

Post-COVID19-related closure phase

 
 

02 September 2019—17 Feb 2020 (5.5 months)

18 Feb 2020—31 March 2020 (1.5 months)

02 Sept 2019—31 Mar 2020 (7 months)

1 July 2020—23 January 2021 (7 months)

p-value*

Number of visits for a service

17,201

1773

18,974

13,097

 

Number of service visits where pads collected

2401

645

3046

4359

 

Overall % of service visits where pads collected

14.0

36.4

16.1

33.3

 

Hub-level average % of visits pads collected

14.7

36.9

16.8

33.5

 < 0.001

Number of visits for rewards

5314

707

6021

8109

 

Number of reward visits where MHP collected

451

135

586

2691

 

Overall % of reward visits where MHP collected

8.5

19.1

9.7

33.2

 

Hub-level average % of visits where MHP collected

8.8

20.4

10.2

33.5

 < 0.001

  1. MHP Menstrual hygiene product, AGYW Adolescent girls and young women
  2. *Paired t-test, comparing pad/MHP collection before and after COVID-19 related closures across hubs