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New Resource The 2018 Handwashing Behavior Change Think Tank Report: Perspectives from a WASH Sector Lead

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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New Resource What Does an Integrated Approach to Diarrhea Prevention Look Like?

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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New Resource Is There a Community of Practice for Handwashing Implementers in Lower-and-Middle-Income Countries?

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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New Resource How Can Handwashing Implementers Consistently Integrate the Latest Evidence in their Work?

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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New Resource Focusing on the H in WASH: New Insights into Why Handwashing and Hygiene are Key for Child Health and Growth

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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New Resource Webinar summary: Systems approaches to hygiene behavior change – lessons across WASH, health, and education

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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New Resource Beyond October 15: Reflecting on Global Handwashing Day 2017

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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New Resource FAQ: Using Nudges to Encourage Handwashing with Soap

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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New Resource USAID’s Maternal & Child Survival Program WASH in healthcare facilities microsite launched

October 23, 2017

The USAID’s flagship Maternal & Child Survival Program works to advocate for investments in WASH in healthcare facilities improve programmatic approaches, and contribute to global learning. This microsite includes a toolbox of resources as well as perspectives and an emerging approach from its experience integrating […]

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New Resource Global Waters Radio podcast: Incentivizing Handwashing Habit Formation

October 13, 2017

Following the GHP & USAID webinar “Norms, nudges, or addiction? Understanding drivers for handwashing behavior change” on September 12th, Global Waters Radio recently spoke with USAID’s Nga Nguyen and Harvard University’s Dr. Reshmaan Hussam about incentivizing handwashing behavior change. Learn more about the discussion between Nga […]

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