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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…

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.

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

New research published in The Lancet reinforces the idea…

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…