October 1, 2020
The Handwashing Handbook is launching on Global Handwashing Day! The handbook is based on the experience of the Global Handwashing Partnership and presents best practices and new concepts to improve the uptake of handwashing. It also aims to equip handwashing champions in government, civil society, […]
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July 16, 2020
By: Olajide Adelana This article was originally posted on WSSCC’s website. ABUJA, Nigeria – The role of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practitioners in Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overemphasized as working on the front line of the fight against the coronavirus requires […]
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July 14, 2020
By: Hoby Randrianimanana This interview was originally posted on WSSCC’s website. ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar – Dr Fano Randriamanantsoa is the Community Mobilization Specialist at the Fonds d’Appui pour l’Assainissement (FAA), WSSCC’s Global Sanitation Fund programme in Madagascar. A medical doctor by training, Fano Randriamanantsoa has worked in […]
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July 3, 2020
By: Elena Bruess As the coronavirus pandemic spreads through Africa’s most populous country, a health foundation pushes for better access to water, sanitation and hygiene. Otun Adewale recounts the story of two doctors in a private hospital in Abuja, Nigeria. One who washes his hands […]
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July 1, 2020
Leading hygiene experts are stressing the importance of effective hand hygiene measures and education in schools as children begin returning to educational settings following the COVID-19 pandemic. The calls follow a new global survey conducted by The Global Hygiene Council (GHC) highlighting that almost half […]
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June 26, 2020
This press release was originally posted on UNICEF’s website. “To control COVID-19, we have to make hand hygiene accessible to all” – UNICEF and WHO Joint statement by Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, […]
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June 23, 2020
By: Her Excellency Toyin Saraki, founder-president of Wellbeing Foundation Africa This article was originally posted on Global Citizen. In African traditional folklore, we have a proverb: “Every dance starts with a clap.” Just watch us and you’ll find this proverb is indeed true. We clap at […]
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June 16, 2020
By: Lindsay Denny, Global Water 2020 This post was originally posted as a Frontline Health Workers Coalition blog. The hospital—a referral hospital in Bahir Day, Ethiopia—served a population of 25 million. Dozens of mothers gave birth daily, some of whom were sent from other facilities […]
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June 16, 2020
By: Kevin Mwanza This post was originally posted on WSSCC’s website. NAIROBI, Kenya – In Nairobi’s Korogocho slums, the sudden closure of schools in March was a double tragedy for 15-year-old Consolata. It meant she would lose out not only on learning, but also on free […]
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June 5, 2020
By: Julie Truelove and Katie Tobin, WaterAid This post was originally posted on WaterAid’s WASH Matters. As global health donors gather virtually for Gavi’s Global Vaccine Summit on 4 June, hosted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Julie Truelove and Katie Tobin make the case for why […]
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