Hygiene

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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Ebola Outbreak, Sierra Leone: Communication: Challenges and good practices

After the Ebola outbreak was declared in Sierra Leone, in June 2014, early messages about the high mortality rate of Ebola were met with fear and denial by many communities (BBC,  14/06/2015).

Publication year: 2015    Reporting Agency: ACAPS    Author(s): ACAPS

Evaluation of the WASH Response to the 2008- 2009 Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic and Preparedness Planning for Future Outbreaks

The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe between 2008-2009 also came against a backdrop of water and sanitation infrastructure issues that resulted in sewage contaminated water.  This led people to resort to unsafe sources of water and occurred during a weak point in the government and collapse of the he

Publication year: 2009    Reporting Agency: Institute of Water and Sanitation Development    Author(s): Nesani_N.

E-Transfers for Hygiene through Red Rose in Northern Syria

Cash is receiving a lot of attention globally and is currently being scaled-up at the highest level.

Publication year: 2016    Reporting Agency: Relief International    Author(s): Aggiss_R.

Shop vouchers for Hygiene Kits in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Oxfam’s Public Health Promotion team used a voucher programme to provide beneficiaries with essential hygiene items through local shops.

Publication year: 2011    Reporting Agency: Oxfam    Author(s): Brady_C., Creti_P.