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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October 8, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC – October 8, 2019. Every October 15th, millions of people celebrate Global Handwashing Day through worldwide celebrations, events, and advocacy campaigns. Global Handwashing Day was founded by the Global Handwashing Partnership, an international coalition of organizations working to promote handwashing with soap. Handwashing […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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April 8, 2019
Editor’s Note: This post is an installment in our Ask the GHP series. By: Julia Rosenbaum, FHI 360 As handwashing advocates and programming implementers, we work to ensure that attention and funding go to the neglected ‘H’ in WASH, to handwashing and hygiene. However, we […]
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June 1, 2018
On May 9th at 10 am ET, the Global Handwashing Partnership and IRC hosted a discussion focused on ways to use existing systems to improve scale and sustainability of hygiene promotion efforts. Hygiene behaviors are one of the most effective ways to improve outcomes in […]
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November 13, 2017
Global Handwashing Day is dedicated to increasing awareness about the importance of handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. The day is an opportunity to design, test, and replicate creative ways to encourage people to wash […]
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November 6, 2017
For handwashing to be effective, it needs to be practiced consistently and thoroughly. Even when people have access to soap and water, and know how and why to wash their hands, many still do not properly wash their hands consistently at critical times. The handwashing […]
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