September 19, 2016
No matter where a baby is born, their parents are united by a common hope: that their child will grow up to be healthy, successful, and happy. And yet, for too many, these dreams aren’t realized. In 2016, 5.9 million children died before celebrating their […]
August 9, 2016
A PDF version of this fact sheet can be accessed here. Cholera is a diarrheal disease that has a substantial impact on public health. Each year, it affects the lives of millions of people, especially those who live in conditions that are not conducive to practicing […]
April 27, 2016
This overview of the 2016 Handwashing Behavior Change Think Tank highlights the background, sessions and recommendations for all actors in the hand hygiene space.
April 19, 2016
This document discussed emotional motivators, behavioral settings and the science of habit formation-three themes explored during the 2015 Regional Handwashing Think Tank.
January 11, 2016
Reach School children: 42,000 (Nigeria), 3,000 (UK) Social Media: 350,000 – 500,000 TV & Radio: 2.5 – 3 million (Nigeria) Concern Universal & Carex Soap held the world’s largest and longest celebration of Global Handwashing Day in Nigeria – a country in which 1 in […]
October 8, 2015
Over the next month we will catalog upcoming Global Handwashing Day celebrations. Want us to list yours? Email contact@globalhandwashing.org! Argentina Organizers: Hospital de Niños de La Plata with Aguas Bonaerenses S.A When: Thursday, October 15 from 10-13 Where: Parque Saavedra, La Plata City, Buenos Aires, Argentina. […]
June 17, 2015
“If a child find his mother preparing food without washing hands, or coming from latrine and does not wash hands, he can tell her to wash hands. This would be a very useful advice.” – Schoolteacher, Tanzania.1 Many global health behavior change programs […]
June 3, 2015
Our 2015 regional Think Tank event hosted at the AfricaSan4 Conference in Dakar, Senegal, brought together experts to discuss the theme of Three Big Ideas in Handwashing, including emotional motivators, behavior settings, and the science of habit.
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, […]
March 13, 2015
A recent World Bank study looks at the impact of two large-scale, government-implemented handwashing and sanitation programs in rural Tanzania.
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