Smart Hygiene Solutions

Year of publication: 2010

The Smart Hygiene Solutions booklet is written for those who seek to help break the cycle of disease transmission by improving the hygiene conditions of communities and households in developing countries. This booklet aims to assist them in developing smart hygiene promotion interventions by offering an overview of different approaches and tools that intend to improve hygiene behaviours and environmental conditions.

Like the previous booklets - Smart Water, Sanitation, Water Harvesting, Finance and Disinfection Solutions - it is not written to serve as a manual, but aims to provide the reader with useful links for further reading. The first part of the booklet provides an introduction on the importance of hygiene and the concept of hygiene promotion. The next part describes several hygiene promotion methods, and highlights cases in which these methods have been used. The final section of the booklet describes some smart tools and tips that facilitate good hygiene behaviour.

This publication is the result of a collaborative effort by: Netherlands Water Partnership, Aqua for All, Plan Nederland and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre with contributions from Simavi, AMREF Flying Doctors, UNICEF and Unilever.

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