A discussion on ways to use existing systems to improve scale and sustainability of hygiene promotion efforts. Read more...
Handwashing after contact with excreta is poorly practised globally, despite the likely positive health benefits. Read more...
Global Handwashing Day is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Celebrated annually on October 15, Global Handwashing Day was... Read more...
Poster sharing the results of a hygiene cost effectiveness study in Bhutan. Read more...
In Bangladesh, the largest NGO in the world BRAC is working its way up to help the country to get proper sanitation. It has reached more than half of the population since the start nine years ago. It is one of the world's largest sanitation implementation programmes. IRC works with BRAC to make it... Read more...
On May 5th each year the World Health Organization calls on health workers to wash their hands. Read more...
Les programmes d'assainissement se concentrent en général sur la construction d'ouvrages, au détriment d'une promotion soutenue pour leur usage. Or, cette dernière peut faire plus pour la santé que n'importe quelle construction. N'importe quelle? Et si certains ouvrages favorisaient l'adoption de... Read more...
La Côte d'Ivoire s'engage à promouvoir l'auto-initiation de sa population au lavage des mains au savon grâce au dispositif HANDINET Visiodev. Le dispositif a été présenté lors du « Tool fair » du WASH sustainability Forum 2014 (Amsterdam, 30 juin - 1 juillet 2014). Read more...
Toilets, trash and social status: the top 10 emergency hygiene challenges Read more...
The results of a three-country hygiene cost effectiveness study make interesting reading. Read more...
IRC and the BRAC WASH programme's efforts in reaching out to men through the tea stall approach as informal meeting spaces for men to talk about hygiene in Bangladesh. Read more...
If the system isn't hygienically used and operated, people's lives and health will not be improved. Read more...
Maintained by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), this web page provides an online reference, including a searchable database, on enabling technologies for handwashing with soap for programme managers. Read more...