Why we all need to re-learn the art of hand washing

This article in the Telegraph cites research by RGHI fellow Ian Ross and others that promoting handwashing with soap could reduce acute respiratory infection morbidity, such as Covid deaths, by 17 percent.

Healthcare professionals aren’t equipped to practise good hand hygiene, experts say on World Hand Hygiene Day

World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5th aims to empower actors…

David Wheeler, director, Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute: The changemaker interview

RGHI's David Wheeler discusses RGHI's mission and notes that hygiene is the first line of defense for our health as well as the first step in achieving a healthy and thriving society.

Handwashing during ‘normal times’ can reduce burden of respiratory disease

New research published in The Lancet reinforces the idea…

Why more is needed to address America’s most prevalent “illness”

Now is the time to address hygiene challenges, and Covid-19 should be a lesson, not a premonition of what’s to come, says RGHI’s David Wheeler.

New Ebola-like virus brings the value of ‘hygiene’ in terms of prevention back to the fore

The Marburg virus is the latest in a string of deadly diseases…

RGHI hosts ICA Grant information session and Q&A

The Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute hosted an information session…

Health for all remains a pipedream without hygiene

The 2023 theme for the World Health Organization’s World…

Does the Cochrane Review put the mask debate to bed? Or is it bad science?

Response to Cochrane Report 2022 Update on Physical interventions…