February 4, 2019
By Helen Hamilton. This post originally appeared on the Sanitation Updates blog, here. Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are called neglected for a reason: they’re widespread, painful and debilitating and, at times deadly diseases that prey on the poorest people; yet most are preventable. Soil-transmitted helminths […]
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January 22, 2019
By: Ebuwa Evbuoma, Global Handwashing Partnership The Global Handwashing Partnership’s Handwashing Behavior Change Think Tank events bring together multi-sector hygiene experts to drive learning and action in handwashing behavior change. The 2018 edition was held in the Philippines. It was the first Think Tank held […]
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January 8, 2019
December 21, 2018 Carolyn Moore and Ebuwa Evbuoma, Global Handwashing Partnership This post was originally published on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition blog.
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November 26, 2018
By: Aarin Palomares, Global Handwashing Partnership Every year, the UNC Water & Health conference convenes WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) professionals from civil society, government, research institutions, and the private sector to discuss successes in the field, identify current gaps, and ways to move forward […]
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July 20, 2018
Ed. note: This post concludes our series on how our partners are contributing towards SDG 6. Read on to learn how Unilever and Amref Health Africa are working to improve handwashing practices in Kenya. By Lifebouy and Amref More than 34,000 newborn babies in Kenya […]
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July 18, 2018
Ed. note: This post continues our series on how our partners are contributing to SDG 6, with a post from International Aid on involving local communities in the US to solve the global hygiene challenge. By Bryony Schultz, International Aid For over 38 years, International […]
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July 16, 2018
Editor’s note: Throughout the High-Level Political Forum, we’re highlighting some of the ways that Global Handwashing Partnership members are contributing to progress towards SDG 6. Today, United Purpose shares the stories of Hygiene Heroes leading change in their own communities. By United Purpose Nigeria For […]
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June 13, 2018
This post originally appeared on FHI 360’s R&E Search for Evidence Blog, here. By Carolyn Moore Every year, the Global Handwashing Partnership summarizes the year’s peer-reviewed evidence related to handwashing with soap. Our 2017 research summary includes 117 studies and brings together additional evidence for the benefits of handwashing, […]
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May 3, 2018
By Pavani K. Ram, MD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health and Co-Director, Community for Global Health Equity, University at Buffalo; and Senior Medical Advisor for Newborn Health, Office of Maternal Child Health and Nutrition, USAID Newborn babies the world over are cherished and welcomed into […]
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January 11, 2018
It’s flu season in many parts of the world, and children are absent from urban and rural classrooms fighting cold, fever, diarrhea and other infectious illnesses. While most people with proper care and access to medicines will recover, 1,400 children die every day from infectious […]
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