Why is hygiene promotion important?
Updated - Monday 03 December 2007
Why is hygiene promotion important?
Most of the health benefits of water supply projects stem from changes in hygiene behaviour. While access to hardware itself can sometimes induce changes (such as increased water consumption), it is cost-effective to devote some resources to promoting the better hygiene behaviours that the new facilities make possible, and that have greater health impact than the hardware alone.
- More about 'Why hygiene promotion matters' in the IRC TOP on hygiene promotion
- The "WELL fact sheet: fallacies and key principles of hygiene promotion" can also be found in the TOP on Hygiene Promotion
