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New Post Raise your hand for hygiene: A global call for a hygiene indicator in the SDGs!

July 15, 2015

Hygiene—specifically handwashing with soap—is one of the most important interventions for human health and development and is a universal necessity. Fundamental to fighting undernutrition, reducing child mortality, overcoming antibiotic resistance, and advancing access to education, hygiene underpins the delivery of several other Sustainable Development Goals […]

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New Post The JMP’s latest report on WASH progress highlights need to elevate hygiene beyond a cursory mention in the SDGs

July 1, 2015

The omission of hygiene from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has inhibited the international community in delivering fully on aspirations for sanitation, health, nutrition, education, and gender equity. With the MDG deadline rapidly approaching, this is an apt moment for the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme […]

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New Resource Full list of PPPHW resources from AfricaSan

June 4, 2015

The PPPHW was very busy at AfricaSan4, held May 25-27 in Dakar, Senegal. Make sure you don’t miss any of the presentations, summaries, or blog posts from this important conference. Materials from PPPHW-hosted sessions Written summary of the Regional Handwashing Think Tank Presentations from the […]

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New Post Event Summary: AfricaSan 4 Day Three – Going further together

May 28, 2015

On Monday, the PPPHW Secretariat and partners began the week at AfricaSan with our Handwashing Think Tank, so it was fitting that we concluded the conference on Wednesday by delivering a session on Moving Hygiene to Scale. In the Think Tank we dived in to three big ideas in hygiene promotion […]

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New Post Event Summary: AfricaSan 4 Day Two – Using handwashing to deliver dignity

May 27, 2015

“Rights must inform policies and political discourse, not the other way around.” This quote, from a session on sustainability in sanitation sums up a key sentiment that I heard refrained again and again on Tuesday. If the common thread on Monday at AfricaSan was equality, […]

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New Post Event Summary: AfricaSan 4 Day One – Addressing inequalities and talking big ideas

May 25, 2015

This week, as you may know, the Secretariat of the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing is in Dakar, Senegal for AfricaSan. We arrived in Dakar early Sunday morning, and after a quick nap, I ventured out to explore the city as it went through its […]

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Upcoming Event Hygiene Events at AfricaSan 4

May 19, 2015

AfricaSan is May 25-27, and the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing will be hosting two events on hygiene and behavior change. Join us! The PPPHW Handwashing Behavior Change Think Tank Monday 25 May from 5:40-7:20 PM Room C12 At this event we will bring together […]

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New Post Webinar Summary: Hand Hygiene in Healthcare: The Next Frontier in International Health and Development

May 5, 2015

When we talk about handwashing, we tend to think about washing our hands at home or in schools, but we must also think about hand hygiene in healthcare. Hand hygiene is the entrance door to strengthening healthcare systems and delivery. Currently, every year millions of […]

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New Post WASH Tools for Implementers Responding to the Nepali Earthquake

April 28, 2015

In times of disaster, particularly when infrastructure has been compromised and people find themselves together in close quarters, there is an increased risk of infection. As such, great need after natural disasters is to ensure access to basic water, sanitation, and hygiene. As the international community […]

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New Post Event Summary: Daegu Day 4 – From vision to action for universal hygiene

April 16, 2015

This blog is the fourth in a series of daily updates on handwashing at the World Water Forum 7 happening this week in South Korea. Our PPPHW Deputy Secretariat Director, Hanna Woodburn reports from Daegu.  After arriving at EXCO early on Thursday morning, I chatted with […]

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