October 2, 2019
By: Stuart Mason, SPATAP When I grew up in London during the ’70s, my mother would repeat the mantra of, “Wash your hands, wash your hands.” It was drummed into me and it was easy to do. I would walk to the bathroom, turn on […]
October 1, 2019
By: Aarin Palomares, Global Handwashing Partnership Global Handwashing Day is happening on October 15! Every year, Global Handwashing Day serves as an opportunity to increase awareness and understanding of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. The […]
August 28, 2019
By: Claudia Codsi, Private Sector Partnerships, Oxfam As World Water Week started this week, I was reminded of a shocking statistic. In an emergency setting, diarrhoea is responsible for 40% of child deaths – 8 out of 10 of those children are under the age […]
July 25, 2019
By: James Stix, Partnerships & Strategy, Wellbeing Foundation Africa The World Health Assembly is somewhat of a yearly family reunion for the international health community. After seventy-two of them, plenty has changed while some aspects have remained the same. The first Assembly took place in […]
June 28, 2019
By: Dr. Arne Panesar, Head of the GIZ Sector Program “Sustainable Sanitation” The Global Handwashing Partnership’s Handwashing Behavior Change Think Tank in October 2018 brought hygiene experts from multiple sectors together to share their knowledge on learning and action in handwashing behavior change. Now, the […]
May 22, 2019
By: Lindsay Denny This post was originally posted on the WASH in Health Care Facilities website. What do you do when there aren’t enough working sinks in the hospital and the infrastructure situation won’t be improved anytime soon? Sometimes, you need to get creative. Walking […]
May 20, 2019
Editor’s Note: This post is an installment in our Ask the GHP Series. By: Hope Randall In this video, Hope Randall presents lessons from PATH’s Defeat Diarrheal Disease Initiative (Defeat DD) approach to integrating advocacy for diarrheal disease with critical issues in water, sanitation and […]
May 17, 2019
By: Laura Kallen, Scientific Communications Officer, PATH Handwashing with soap and clean water prevents diseases from spreading from the hands to the mouth. Vaccines save lives by preventing pathogens from causing illness. For a disease such as typhoid, where bacteria from hands can contaminate food […]
May 6, 2019
Editor’s Note: This post is an installment in our Ask the GHP Series. By: Carolyn Moore This video presents the landscape of communities of practice for handwashing programming in various contexts. Highlighted below are the learning communities referenced in the video. Global Handwashing Partnership Visit […]
April 22, 2019
Editor’s Note: This post is an installment in our Ask the GHP series. By: Sian White Over the last twenty years we have seen a growing number of publications about handwashing with soap and behavior change. It can be hard to keep up with the […]
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