What We Do

Established towards the end of 2020 with the mission of enabling and accelerating a portfolio of hygiene science to improve public health through better outcomes and behaviours, RGHI has the agility and higher risk threshold necessary to support experimental interventions and to bring science to policy.

Our Work

Hygiene, the actions people take – or the behaviours they engage in – to counter the biological threats they experience is foundational to individual and public health.

The need for specific hygienic behaviours differs between cultures and geographies, as the threats to human health and their interpretation differ. This has led to some stark global inequalities in hygiene and health.

The economic consequences are substantial. RGHI intends to address the hygiene inequalities that result in the death or disability of millions of people each year by concentrating on two core areas of activity.

Work undertaken in these areas has the overarching objective of improving health outcomes for individuals and communities throughout the globe.

Pillars of Activity

RGHI has identified two key areas of activity.

1. Science
2. Communication

Work undertaken in these areas has the overarching objective of improving health outcomes for individuals and communities throughout the globe.

Science

Evidence Gaps

The evidence gaps will be filled by commissioning and publishing a series of reviews and creating a central repository of hygiene research.

New Research

RGHI will fund commission specific, directed research post-doctoral fellowship programme in hygiene.

Behaviour Change

RGHI will co-develop new economic models and outcome measures, and work as an initiating funder of key behavioural projects.

Communication & Convening

Advocacy

RGHI will bring hygiene, and its benefits, to the attention of the public and policymakers in order to drive a more coordinated approach.

Non-Academic Publishing

RGHI will continue to publish influence and opinion pieces to amplify its messages. Supported by a comprehensive global social media effort.

Policy Change

RGHI will present policy makers with robust and quantifiable hygiene evidence designed as a rationale for change.