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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 Post 2018 in Review: The GHP’s Favorite Moments

December 20, 2018

In our final Soapbox of 2018, we shared highlights of our work to improve hand hygiene. This year was one of many firsts for the Global Handwashing Partnership. We had our first integrated Global Handwashing Day theme, our first Think Tank in Asia, and we […]

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New Post Webinar summary: The forgotten juncture? Handwashing and safe management of child feces

September 7, 2018

On August 22nd, 2018 at 6pm ET, the Global Handwashing Partnership, in conjunction with USAID, the International Water Center, the Water and Engineering Center for Development, and UNICEF hosted a discussion on the intersection of handwashing and the safe management of child feces. Safe disposal […]

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New Post Event summary: Sustaining WASH behaviors and practices in healthcare settings

July 30, 2018

At the 41st WEDC conference, the Global Handwashing Partnership, Aquatabs, Amref Health Africa, Tufts University, and World Vision convened a discussion on sustaining behaviors and practices for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in health facilities to improve patient safety and quality of care. Key points from the […]

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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 Post Webinar April 5th: Toward a Hygienic Environment for Infants and Young Children

March 31, 2018

The USAID Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability (WASHPaLS) project is holding a webinar to discuss the findings of Toward a Hygienic Environment for Infants and Young Children: A Review of the Literature. The presentation will share highlights from the desk review, key lessons for implementers, […]

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