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World Health Organisation is hoping to re-ignite momentum through policy and accountability on hand washing behaviour Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the message was drilled into public consciousness with rare global unity: wash your hands. From Kampala to Kansas, handwashing stations mushroomed …

Time has come to highlight that adequate water, sanitation and hygiene are essential components of basic preventive health services as these are primary drivers of public health COMMENT | By Fatima Maada Bio | Access to handwashing with soap is a foundational component of healthy schools. Good hygiene practices help ensure …

United Nations | Xinhua | Although handwashing with soap is vital in the fight against infectious diseases, including COVID-19, billions of people around the world do not have ready access to a place to do it, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday. According to new UNICEF estimates, 40 percent …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   More Ugandans are washing hands with soap than before. New data from Twaweza’s Sauti za Wananchisurvey says access to hand washing facilities with either water or soap has increased remarkably in most parts of 2020 compared to last last year. The increase ins hand …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several schools in Moroto district may not have the capacity to provide handwashing facilities when schools reopen next week due to limited funding. Moroto district education officer Paul Okuta says that the schools are relying on capitation grants, sent from the government which may not …