Tag Archive for: handwashing
Handwashing can curb diseases and save lives: A message on Global Handwashing Day
With thousands of people unnecessarily dying each year from…
Heeding lessons of hygiene health from a remarkable 19th century Hungarian physician
The reviews are glowing for “Dr. Semmelweis,” a play…
Hygiene experts urge global health community to wake up to the value of hygiene ahead of World Health Assembly
The World Health Assembly taking place May 21st to 30th…
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…
Handwashing during ‘normal times’ can reduce burden of respiratory disease
New research published in The Lancet reinforces the idea…
Governments are not doing enough to encourage hand hygiene, say experts on Global Handwashing Day
Global Handwashing Day on October 15th is an international…
Case study: Dr Ian Ross
Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis have a lot to offer…
Following Covid, where do we stand with hygiene?
Over the past two years, globally the world’s understanding…
Hygiene experts call out the lack of attention to World Hand Hygiene Day
May 5th marked the World Health Organization’s World Hand…