This year's Global Handwashing Day theme reminds us that we must work toward universal access and practice of handwashing with soap for now and for a healthy future.
This fact sheet, created by the Global Handwashing Partnership, explains the research and rationale behind this year’s Global Handwashing Day theme, “Hand Hygiene for All”.
When the novel coronavirus emerged as a global pandemic, handwashing entered the spotlight as an important way to limit the spread of infectious disease.
Without reliable access to water billions of people are unable to heed the advice of public health officials to wash their hands to prevent COVID-19 spread.
Water service providers across sub-Saharan Africa, like much of the world, are facing acute challenges as they seek to maintain operations for the populations they serve.
This post is written by Lisa Schechtman, USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security; Jesse Shapiro, USAID Bureau for Global Health; and Oliver Subasinghe, USAID RFS.
Since it emerged in late 2019, COVID-19 has gained a foothold in more than 185 countries, claimed more than 645,000 lives, sickened more than 16 million people, and become the world’s worst public health cris