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Putting equality, inclusion and rights at the centre of a COVID-19 water, sanitation and hygiene response

April 2, 2020

By: Priya Nath and Louisa Gosling, WaterAid This article was originally posted on WaterAid’s WASH Matters blog.  The poorest and least powerful sections of all societies are likely to be worst affected in crises, but we can work to alleviate inequalities through our response. Priya Nath […]

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Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on the document “Aqua fons vitae”

April 1, 2020

This article was originally posted by the Holy See Press Office.  At the end of the month in which World Water Day 2020 was celebrated, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development is pleased to announce the publication of Aqua fons vitae. Orientations on Water, symbol […]

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Incorporating nudges into COVID-19 Communication and Prevention Strategies

March 31, 2020

By: Julia Rosenbaum, USAID WASHPaLS Project (FHI 360) Nudges are physical cues that influence people to behave in a certain way, without particular messaging or promotion of any behavior. Nudges avoid direct instruction, mandates or enforcement. The term “nudge” became popularized starting in 2008, after […]

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UK aid and Unilever to target a billion people in global handwashing campaign

March 26, 2020

This article was originally posted by the UK Department of International Development.  The UK government is working with Unilever to fund a global programme to urgently tackle the spread of coronavirus. The programme will reach up to a billion people worldwide, raising awareness and changing […]

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Helping to protect lives and livelihoods from the Covid-19 pandemic

March 24, 2020

This article was originally posted by Unilever.  Unilever contributes more than €100m to continue helping people affected around the world London/Rotterdam. Unilever, the consumer goods manufacturer of brands including Dove, Knorr, Omo and Lifebuoy, today announced a wide-ranging set of measures to support global and national […]

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“WASH Viruses Away” on World Water Day

March 20, 2020

In honor of World Water Day, the Global Handwashing Partnership is pleased to announce our WASH Viruses Away campaign, which will run throughout 2020. The campaign will promote handwashing with soap to protect against the coronavirus and other respiratory diseases with the aim to catalyze […]

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Collapse of hygiene management in hospitals in Bangladesh

March 20, 2020

By: Rashad Ahamad This article was originally posted by New Age Bangladesh.  Cleanliness, poor quality supply water, sanitation and hygiene as well as unsafe management of medical wastes in hospitals in Dhaka and elsewhere in Bangladesh together paint a dismal picture of hygiene practice in […]

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How a Swiss scale-up is taking up the fight against the spread of infectious disease worldwide

March 10, 2020

By: Emilie Barnasconi, Smixin As part of its ongoing advocacy efforts, Smixin AG. a Swiss cleantech scale-up, is engaged in comprehensive research led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), UC Berkeley and the University of Cyprus. The preliminary results of the research can be […]

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Using the Innovation Challenge to increase handwashing within local schools

March 5, 2020

By: Joseph Miller On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern.” Coronavirus continues to spread and schools across the world are preparing for the scenario where they experience an outbreak in the […]

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Harnessing the power of WASH in the fight against NTDs

January 30, 2020

By: Yael Velleman, SCI Foundation While in Uganda last week, I had the unique opportunity to sit down with the Ugandan Ministry of Health’s National Program Officer for Trachoma Control, Gilbert Baayenda. Trachoma is a devastating bacterial infection and the world’s leading infectious cause of […]

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