This fact sheet explains the research and rationale behind this year’s Global Handwashing Day theme, “Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together!” Use the evidence provided to take action this Global Handwashing Day!
Updated for 2021, this social media toolkit has sample messages, templates, and graphics to help handwashing champions spread the word about Global Handwashing Day. Visit our social media page to share additional messages directly onto your social media channels!
This technical brief provides guidance on developing effective, evidence-based social and behavior change programming to achieve water security, sanitation, and hygiene development objectives. It lays out the process for developing Social and Behavior Change (SBC) programs in support of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and […]
The country roadmap aims to promote and sustain universal hand hygiene in Pakistan during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. It outlines the Pakistan Government’s approach to achieve hand hygiene for all.
These presentations were used during the event, “Accelerating Hand Hygiene: A Government Leadership Meeting,” convened by the Hand Hygiene for All Initiative on its one-year anniversary. The webinar highlighted signficant steps countries are taking to ensure hand hygiene is a sustained public health practice long […]
This Hand Hygiene for All newsletter reports on partner achievements against the initiative’s Results Framework. This newsletter tracks progress from Q1 2021.
This paper reflects on the contribution, style and legacy of Professor Val Curtis. Professor Curtis was a public health researcher, hygiene champion, and founding member of the Global Handwashing Partnership.
This brief provides suggestions for crisis planning and risk communication particular to hand hygiene and related issues for COVID-19. It also suggests some ways to accelerate your planning to shape effective behavior change initiatives and offers some tips particular to crisis communication.
The 2020 handwashing research summary outlines key themes and findings from handwashing-related research papers published in 2020. Sections include handwashing benefits, access and supplies, behavior, handwashing programs in specific contexts, and COVID-19.