Promoting good hygiene practices: Key elements and practical lessons

Promoting good hygiene practices: Key elements and practical lessons, 2011.

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WaterAid Australia, International WaterCentre, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre.

The objective of this compilation is to strengthen the capacity of organisations to design and deliver effective hygiene promotion programs leading to the improved health of communities.

This compilation of three keynote papers and 31 case studies searches for answers to the question: What makes hygiene promotion work? The case studies are written by authors from a wide variety of organisations working in South Asia, South East Asia, the Pacific and Africa.  This compilation draws out a synthesis of key lessons and makes the case studies more accessible by providing a snap shot overview and access on an accompanying CD and a dedicated website at www.irc.nl/foams.

A Case Study Snapshot: Hygiene Improvement Project: Why WASH Matters: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

Renuka Bery, Julia Rosenbaum, Eleonore Seumo, Hygiene Improvement Project/

  • Hygiene for people living with HIV or AIDS and their families
  • Why WASH needs to be fully integrated in existing HIV/AIDS programs
  • Trials of improved practice: negotiating with families to improve hygiene behaviour
  • Small do-able actions: easy steps for behavioural change

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