Tag Archive for: hygiene
Priority List Provides Governments with New Tool To Monitor and Improve Adolescent Menstrual Health and Hygiene
Researchers have developed a priority list of indicators…
Raising Awareness about Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)—which occurs when bacteria,…
Handwashing can curb diseases and save lives: A message on Global Handwashing Day
With thousands of people unnecessarily dying each year from…
Opinion: End the neglect of hygiene as a public policy issue
In this Devex article, Clarissa Brocklehurst asks why governments consistently overlook hygiene, which is one of the most effective and cheapest health interventions.
Heeding lessons of hygiene health from a remarkable 19th century Hungarian physician
The reviews are glowing for “Dr. Semmelweis,” a play…
Improving hygiene in Africa includes addressing hygiene and sanitation policy
A lack of running water in homes, inadequate hand hygiene…
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…
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…
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…