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New Post Engaging around Equity at Stockholm World Water Week

August 30, 2016

By Hanna Woodburn Stockholm World Water Week (SWWW) is one of my favorite conferences each year, because it tends to create cohesion between many disparate conversations that have taken place throughout the rest of the year. Through sessions, working group meetings, and impromptu conversations […]

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New Post The Forecast from Stockholm: What we are looking forward to this World Water Week

August 29, 2016

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New Post Announcing the 2016 Global Handwashing Day Theme: Make Handwashing a Habit!

June 21, 2016

The theme for Global Handwashing Day 2016 is “Make handwashing a habit!” For handwashing to be effective it must be practiced consistently at key times, such as after using the toilet or before contact with food. While habits must be developed over time, this theme […]

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New Resource Silos should be used for storing grain, not delivering development programs

June 16, 2016

By Hanna Woodburn On June 13, 2016 FHI 360 hosted Greater than the Sum of its Parts, a first-ever FHI 360 summit on integrated development. Over the past two years, FHI 360 has embarked on a journey to dig deep into both the “why” and […]

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New Post Reflections from Women Deliver 2016

May 21, 2016

As Women Deliver 2016 wraps up, I have been reflecting on the meetings, presentations, and conversations that I engaged in this week. I’ve learned from young advocates about the barriers to sanitation they face in countries such as Cameroon; spent time with colleagues from WaterAid […]

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New Resource WASH Wednesday at 2016 Women Deliver

May 19, 2016

Wednesday morning at Women Deliver started early with a breakfast lunch hosted by WaterAid, the UN Foundation, and Intrahealth that posed the provocative question: “Would you give birth without clean water, soap and a toilet?” At this session, panelists addressed the lack of access to […]

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New Resource When the World Invests in WASH, Everyone Wins

May 17, 2016

This week, the Global Public-Private Partnership is excited to join the Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen, where, in addition to attending sessions, and talking about the importance of hygiene, we will present on a panel discussing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for girls’ and women’s health […]

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New Post Event Summary: Handwashing Think Tank Day Two Report – Scale/Sustainability and Commitment Making

April 14, 2016

The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call upon us to deliver water, sanitation, and hygiene for all. To do so, we must scale handwashing programs successfully and sustainably—a significant challenge. This was the thematic area that Handwashing Think Tank participants addressed during the second day. […]

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New Post Event Summary: Handwashing Think Tank 2016 – Day One Report

April 13, 2016

Today was the first day of the 2016 Handwashing Think Tank. The objective of this Think Tank is to: Explore current knowledge about handwashing with soap, Spark collaborative thinking about handwashing, and Drive forward the sector. Ultimately, over the course of the two days we […]

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New Post Key WASH and Nutrition Resources for World Water Day

March 22, 2016

Key WASH/Nutrition Integration Documents The month of March, as part of Water Action Month, the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing is celebrating the impact that water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) can have on fighting undernutrition. Today, World Water Day, we are sharing some key documents […]