WASH News Hygiene Promotion
News feed maintained by information specialists from IRC and partners.
Impact of Infectious Diseases on Cognitive Development in Childhood and Beyond: Potential Mitigational Role of Hygiene
08 Jan 13
The Open Infectious Diseases Journal, 2012, 6, 65-70 Impact of Infectious Diseases on Cognitive Development in Childhood and Beyond: Potential Mitigational Role of Hygiene Full text, pdf M. Khalid Ijaz and Joseph R. Rubino Enteric infections in the early years …Continue reading →
Updates from the Sanitation Marketing Community of Practice
08 Jan 13
The Sanitation Marketing Community of Practice – an initiative of the Australian WASH Reference Group and managed by WaterAid Australia. Below are 2 new announcements. 1 – Yolande Coombes, WSP is available to answer SanMark questions The Sanitation Marketing Community …Continue reading →
Alive & Thrive – Reducing stunting through improved feeding and handwashing
08 Jan 13
Handwashing with soap before handling a child’s food is critical to child health and nutrition. Alive & Thrive, the Institute of Public Health Nutrition, and the Department of Public Health Engineering launched a campaign in Bangladesh linking handwashing and adequate, appropriate, …Continue reading →
Uptake of hand washing with soap or soapy water from a large-scale cluster randomized community trial in urban Bangladesh
08 Jan 13
ICDDRB Health & Science Bulletin, 10(4) Dec 2012 Uptake of hand washing with soap or soapy water from a large-scale cluster randomized community trial in urban Bangladesh (pdf) Small-scale studies have shown that intensive hand washing promotion reduces disease, but there …Continue reading →
The Public Toilet – interactive sculpture launch on World Toilet Day
14 Nov 12
This Saturday a four and a half metre tall squatting man will appear beside London’s Tower Bridge. The artists’ collective greyworld has created this huge interactive sculpture called The Public Toilet for World Toilet Day. With a screen on the …Continue reading →
Fifth Emergency Environmental Health Forum, London, UK, 17-19 December 2012
14 Nov 12
The focus of forum is the Public Health Promotion (PHP) aspect of water and sanitation programmes. Presentations on this theme address topics such as new technologies and hygiene promotion, menstrual hygiene management, metrics for assessing the impact of hygiene promotion …Continue reading →
WASHplus Weekly – World Pneumonia Day 2012
09 Nov 12
Issue 78 November 9, 2012 | Focus on World Pneumonia Day 2012 World Pneumonia Day 2012 is November 12. Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs. According to the World Health Organization, pneumonia is the …Continue reading →
The Gendered Nature of Schooling in Ghana: Hurdles to Girls’ Menstrual Management in School
06 Nov 12
Journal of Culture & African Women Studies, (20) 2012 The Gendered Nature of Schooling in Ghana: Hurdles to Girls’ Menstrual Management in School Marni Sommer, Nana Mokoah Ackatia-Armah This article explores girls’ voiced experiences of menstruation and schooling in rural …Continue reading →
Chrysomya putoria, a Putative Vector of Diarrheal Diseases
06 Nov 12
PLoS Neglevted Trop Dis, Nov 2012 Chrysomya putoria, a Putative Vector of Diarrheal Diseases Full text Steven W. Lindsay, et al. Author Summary – While it is well recognized that the house fly can transmit enteric pathogens, here we show …Continue reading →
Sanitary Pad Interventions for Girls’ Education in Ghana: A Pilot Study
06 Nov 12
PLoS ONE, Oct 2012. Sanitary Pad Interventions for Girls’ Education in Ghana: A Pilot Study Full text Paul Montgomery, et al. Background – Increased education of girls in developing contexts is associated with a number of important positive health, social, …Continue reading →
