1. WASH Advisor Meeting Stockholm August, 2016

2. What’s new in HP? Two HP Consultancies
- Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies
- Sustainable WASH Software Tools
Belgium RC 3IE Research
MSM research
RANAS training and pilots

3. Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies - Background
- Need a framework of minimum standards to deliver HP
- Need a flexible framework which can be adapted to diverse context and different levels (HP coordinators and HP volunteers)
- Easy standardized training material for emergencies.
- One page summary sheet on HP Step by Step guide in emergencies
Funded by BRC. Started on . Extended the contract for the consultant on mid July Will finish on mid Oct Framework and training materials revised from the feedback from TWG and other experts. The training materials to be tested on the MSM Refresher course in Austria. Framework finalized by end Nov and printing will be done before the end of the year.

4. Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies - Update
- Consultant contracted in Q4 2015
Slow start but materials nearing testing phase
Undergoing further refinement
First trial at Austrian RC MSM refresher
Additional roll out:
RDRT
ERU
DREF/Appeal

5. Sustainable WASH Software Tools
GWSI Software guidelines released in 2007.
PHAST focussed
No updates
Consultancy has begun
Will include internal/external consultation and lit review (and will build on existing work, e.g. PHAST review)
Still flexibility on final product
The consultancy was published on end Jul 2016.

6. Reviews the impact role of HP interventions in emergencies
Belgium RC 3IE Project
Reviews the impact role of HP interventions in emergencies
Complements investigation on impact of WASH interventions in disease outbreaks (with a focus on cholera, Ebola and Hepatitis E) in low and middle-income countries (LMIC)
Hoping that the findings from this can help the Sustainable WASH Software Tools consultancies
It is believed that some of the findings from this review can be used in the documentation produced for the Sustainable WASH Software tools consultancy

7. Menstral Hygiene Management
MHM scale up operational research projects were trialled in Somaliland, Madagascar and Uganda between 2014 – 2015, funded by the Humanitarian Innovation Fund and British RC.
Compared to baseline survey results from 2014, there has been a marked positive change in the beneficiaries’ knowledge on menstruation across the three countries
Improvements in dignity, hygiene and reduction in reported cases of itching were also reported in all three countries after distribution of the MHM Kits – e.g. there was also an overall 19% reduction in reported cases of itching or irritation from all respondents in Somaliland one month after distribution.

8. Menstrual Hygiene Management
The findings from Uganda, Somaliland and Madagascar also highlighted that effectively addressing MHM requires provision of appropriate infrastructure, including safe and private spaces for maintaining hygiene, washing, drying and changing pads.
The learnings from the initial pilot and scale-up MHM projects are currently been translated into real emergencies for the current Tanzania and Rwanda emergency population movement appeals, supporting Burundi refugees in Nyarugusu and Mahama camps respectively.