Tag Archive for: hygiene

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…

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…

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…