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The Smart Hygiene Solutions booklet has been updated with solutions in times of COVID-19. Read more...
After a decade of emphasis on accelerating water and sanitation infrastructure development, South Africa circles back to behaviour change. Read more...
1st August 2015: The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes hygiene in it's vision statement and as a target. Read more...
Eight African countries are creatively achieving the goals of community led total sanitation programmes (CLTS) including one idea in Malawi where handwashing is monitored according to the health of tree seedlings planted beneath water outlets. Read more...
Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) Learning Note found that beliefs and ease of access to soap and water were correlated with handwashing with soap behaviors for given proxy measures among mothers and caretakers in Peru and Senegal. Read more...
Schools that promote a healthy learning environment for pupils ensure that there is access to water and sanitation facilities and that teachers engage pupils frequently on discussions about health. In these schools the number of children who washed hands frequently increased from six percent to... Read more...
Unilever through its Lifebuoy soap brand has reached 100,000 students in over 80 schools across Nairobi County its hand washing campaign. Read more...