- Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial to human health and well-being Safe WASH is not only a prerequisite to health, but contributes to livelihoods, school attendance and dignity and helps to create resilient communities living in healthy environments
- Guidance on WASH and health
Personal hygiene Hygiene is multi-faceted and comprises many behaviours, including hand- and face washing, menstrual hygiene and food hygiene Hand washing with soap at crucial events such as after visiting the toilet, defecating or before preparing food was estimated to be a poorly practised behaviour globally
- Hand hygiene - World Health Organization (WHO)
Most HAIs are preventable through hand hygiene performed at the right times The WHO Guidelines on hand hygiene in health care outline hand hygiene recommendations and are complemented by the WHO Multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy, the Guide to implementation, and an implementation toolkit, which contains many ready-to-use practical
- Gloves do not replace hand hygiene – reminder from WHO
On World Hand Hygiene Day, the WHO emphasizes the critical role of hand hygiene in preventing infections, stating that gloves are not a substitute for proper handwashing
- World Hand Hygiene Day 2025
Regardless of whether gloves are worn, hand hygiene at the right times and in the right way is still one of the most important measures to protect patients and health workers in healthcare By 2026, hand hygiene compliance monitoring and feedback should be established as a key national indicator, at the very least in all reference hospitals Currently 68% of countries report they are doing this
- Hand Hygiene: Why, How When? - World Health Organization (WHO)
Hand hygiene is therefore the most important measure to avoid the transmission of harmful germs and prevent health care-associated infections This brochure explains how and when to practice hand hygiene
- Water, sanitation, hygiene and health: A primer for health professionals
Safe water, sanitation and hygiene (collectively known as WASH) are crucial for human health and well-being Yet, millions of people globally lack adequate WASH services and consequently suffer from or are exposed to a multitude of preventable illnesses Lack of safe WASH negatively impacts quality of life and undermines fundamental human rights
- World Hand Hygiene Day
World Hand Hygiene Day, marked annually on 05 May, promotes hand hygiene in healthcare settings It originates from WHO's First Global Patient Safety Challenge, launched in 2005, to reduce healthcare-associated infections Hand hygiene is not a luxury It is the cornerstone of safe healthcare, and is relevant to all health workers, patients and their families at every single health care
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