March 7, 2018
This March, the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) Working Group on Behavior Change (WG13) will launch the Behavior Change Global Webinar Series. The series focuses on assessing, designing, implementing and evaluating an important behavior change approach, known as the ABCDE steps. The name of the approach […]
November 7, 2017
Formative research can help practitioners understand determinants of handwashing behavior, improve program design, and develop achievable—and even scalable—outcomes for policy and programs. Using evidence can also enhance advocacy to influence decision-makers, stakeholders, and donors to adopt, integrate, and invest in hygiene interventions. To explore the […]
October 16, 2017
By Om Prasad Gautam, Senior WASH Manager for Hygiene, WaterAid UK; originally published on 13 October 2017 by WaterAid. Every year we celebrate Global Handwashing Day on 15 October with exciting, innovative activities across many countries. But why? What role should handwashing play in the global development […]
October 13, 2017
WaterAid Zambia in partnership with Reformed Open Community Schools will celebrate this event with the local Authority, World vision and other government departments at a School targeting children, teachers and their parents. The program is designed to learn from the schools what has been invested […]
September 27, 2017
On October 18 at the UNC Water & Health Conference 2017, the Global Handwashing Partnership will convene a side event with WSSCC, WaterAid & FHI 360 to explore the role of research in advocacy, providing examples of how research has been used in advocacy, as well […]
December 12, 2016
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) coordinated activities in 7 regions of Ghana in partnership with WaterAid, USAID, World Vision Ghana, UNICEF, Plan Ghana, Global Communities, Ghana Education Service, and district assemblies. The national program was organised in the Upper West Region. Most of […]
November 23, 2016
According to the U.N. Joint Monitoring Programme, 2.4 billion people globally do not have access to a toilet, and of them, nearly 1 billion people defecate in the open. The Sustainable Development Goal 6 Target 2 mandates that access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) […]
October 10, 2016
The Association for the Safety of Family Welfare in celebrated in Mali, which included speeches by local government representatives and WaterAid, performances and contests, a handwashing demonstration, and a distribution of hygiene kits to schoolchildren in the municipality. The ceremony’s end was marked when local government officials […]
November 16, 2015
Organizer: WaterAid Panel Disucssion Event at LSHTM The event, which was held in the John Snow Lecture Theatre at LSHTM was attended by about 80 people from academia, the NGO sector and government. It aimed to bring together global experts in handwashing to present the […]
October 23, 2015
Organizers: Plan International, UNICEF, WaterAid, PHED, AGAHE October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. A provincial level […]
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