Outcome variable
infectious diseases
INFECTIOUS DISEASES, MAY, SECONDARY
The intervention reached the selected cities' workers from December 2020 to May 2021. Thirty-five master trainers (experts in waste management program and research, WASH, and behavior change professionals) were recruited, who organized a two-day online training of trainers (ToT) sessions (4 hours a day) for the 381 city-level trainers (city officials involved in waste and sanitation management in the city corporations and municipalities) from each intervention area. After completion of ToT, ITN-BUET delivered the intervention to 4900 frontline waste and sanitation workers through the city officials that received the ToT. The intervention contained a 4-hour face-to-face training session, PPE distribution involving DPHE, and a practical demonstration of properly using PPEs. The training contained topics on how infectious diseases (especially COVID-19) spread and the necessary measures to tackle them. A particular emphasis is given on handwashing, how to disinfect themselves and their equipment after work, what the workers can do if they get infected with infectious diseases, and how to use PPEs with practical demonstration and practice about properly wearing them (The primary outcome variable of this study is the practice of the workers in using and cleaning PPEs and masks. The secondary outcome variables included the workers' knowledge, attitude and practice regarding key COVID-19 preventive and workplace safety measures.