June 3, 2015
At the AfricaSan4 conference for Sanitation and Hygiene, held in Dakar, Senegal in May 2015, the unofficial theme was dignity, so it is apt that when it came to naming AfricaSan’s Ministerial Declaration for Water and Sanitation, it was called Ngor, meaning dignity in Wolof, […]
May 28, 2015
On Monday, the PPPHW Secretariat and partners began the week at AfricaSan with our Handwashing Think Tank, so it was fitting that we concluded the conference on Wednesday by delivering a session on Moving Hygiene to Scale. In the Think Tank we dived in to three big ideas in hygiene promotion […]
May 27, 2015
“Rights must inform policies and political discourse, not the other way around.” This quote, from a session on sustainability in sanitation sums up a key sentiment that I heard refrained again and again on Tuesday. If the common thread on Monday at AfricaSan was equality, […]
May 25, 2015
This week, as you may know, the Secretariat of the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing is in Dakar, Senegal for AfricaSan. We arrived in Dakar early Sunday morning, and after a quick nap, I ventured out to explore the city as it went through its […]
May 19, 2015
AfricaSan is May 25-27, and the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing will be hosting two events on hygiene and behavior change. Join us! The PPPHW Handwashing Behavior Change Think Tank Monday 25 May from 5:40-7:20 PM Room C12 At this event we will bring together […]
May 5, 2015
When we talk about handwashing, we tend to think about washing our hands at home or in schools, but we must also think about hand hygiene in healthcare. Hand hygiene is the entrance door to strengthening healthcare systems and delivery. Currently, every year millions of […]
April 29, 2015
May 5 is the call to action day for WHO’s SAVE LIVES: Clean your Hands campaign, addressing the issue of hand hygiene in healthcare. On May 5, 2015 at 9:00 AM EST, the Global Handwashing Partnership is taking this opportunity to host a webinar discussing […]
April 28, 2015
In times of disaster, particularly when infrastructure has been compromised and people find themselves together in close quarters, there is an increased risk of infection. As such, great need after natural disasters is to ensure access to basic water, sanitation, and hygiene. As the international community […]
April 20, 2015
May 5 is WHO’s Hand Hygiene Day. The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing is taking this opportunity to host a webinar discussing hand hygiene innovations, challenges, and importance around the world. Join us to learn about: – The status and challenges of hygiene in the […]
April 16, 2015
This blog is the fourth in a series of daily updates on handwashing at the World Water Forum 7 happening this week in South Korea. Our PPPHW Deputy Secretariat Director, Hanna Woodburn reports from Daegu. After arriving at EXCO early on Thursday morning, I chatted with […]
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