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Hygiene programming includes specific messaging and information sharing, in addition to considering who is targeted and how beneficiaries are equipped and engaged. Example hygiene projects include: handwashing promotion, menstrual health management (MHM), media messaging strategies, general promotion or sensitization, community health worker activities, and non-food item distributions, like hygiene kits or soap distributions.
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Menstration management: a neglected aspect of hygiene interventions

Effective menstrual management is essential for the mental and physical well-being of women. However, many women in low-income countries lack access to the materials and facilities required.

Publication year: 2014    Reporting Agency: Cranfield University    Author(s): Parker_A., Smith_J., Verdemato_T., Cooke_J., Webster_J., Carter_R.

Efficacy and effectiveness of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in emergencies in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

There are increasing numbers of people affected by natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and conflict. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are used in nearly all emergency responses to help reduce disease risk.

Publication year: 2018    Reporting Agency: Tufts University    Author(s): Yates_T., Vujcic_J., Joseph_M., Gallandat_K., Lantagne_D.

Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and their inactivation with biocidal agents

Currently, the emergence of a novel human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has become a global health concern causing severe respiratory tract infections in humans.

Publication year: 2020    Reporting Agency: University Medicine Greifswald    Author(s): Kampf_G., Todt_D., Pfaender_S., Steinmann_E.

Environmental Transmission of SARS at Amoy Gardens

Recent investigations into the March 2003 outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong have concluded that environmental factors played an important role in the transmission of the disease.

Publication year: 2006    Reporting Agency: New York City Office of Emergency Management    Author(s): McKinney_K., Gong_Y., Lewis_T.

Prevention of COVID-19 in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in War-Torn North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Mixed-Methods Study

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave threat to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). We examined knowledge, attitudes, and practices with respect to COVID-19 prevention among IDPs in war-torn Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Publication year: 2020    Reporting Agency: Women and Children's Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada    Author(s): Kasereka_C., Muyisa_S., Kahindo_A., Hawkes_M.

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