LTQE’s work: Updates & next steps The Laboratory for Water Quality and Treatment (LTQE), at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), has the lead on Work Package 2 – Technical innovations of the hands4health project, together with Martin Systems.… Read More »Updates from EPFL-LTQE’s work
Unite for universal hand hygiene Handwashing with soap and clean water is among the most effective and inexpensive ways to prevent diarrheal diseases and pneumonia, which have claimed the lives of millions of children all over the world. To increase… Read More »Global Handwashing Day celebrations in Nigeria
Unis pour une hygiène universelle des mains avec hands4health Le projet de recherche hands4health mis en œuvre au Mali développe une approche holistique de l’hygiène des mains, de la qualité de l’eau dans les institutions grâce à la combinaison des… Read More »Journée mondiale du lavage des mains au Mali
RANAS campaigns: an overview The behaviour change pillar in the hands4health project will systematically develop and test behaviour change campaigns targeting hand hygiene behaviour in health care facilities and schools based on the RANAS approach. The expected result is safe… Read More »RANAS behaviour change campaigns in Palestine
Handwashing – a habit for life and not just for a day Global Handwashing Day, celebrated on October 15th, is dedicated to increasing the awareness of the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent… Read More »Global Handwashing Day 2022
Bringing the partners together The second hands4health face-to-face workshop took place on May 23-24, 2022, at the FHNW in Muttenz, Basel. With a total of 21 participants, the two-day meeting enabled the partners to update each other and to engage… Read More »Our second f2f event
FGDs in Palestine Promoting hand hygiene is crucial to decrease the transmission of infectious diseases. However, many schools in Palestine lack functional water resources and depend mainly on water trucking as a source of water. The current interventions aimed at… Read More »Focus group discussions – Palestine
Gravit’eau systems: an overview Gravit’eau handwashing stations are one of the technologies that will be implemented as part of the hands4health project. These stations were developed by the Gravit’eau Association, FHNW, Tdh and Eawag, with the support of the Swiss… Read More »Gravit’eau systems in Nigeria and Burkina Faso
Global Handwashing Day Global Handwashing Day is celebrated each year on October 15th. This global advocacy day raises awareness and understanding on the importance of handwashing with soap and water. It is a day where the WASH sector, implementers, donors,… Read More »Global Handwashing Day 2021
hands4health at the 42nd WEDC The 42nd WEDC International Conference was held online from 13-15 September, 2021, focusing on the theme of “Equitable and Sustainable WASH Services: Future challenges in a rapidly changing world”. Organised by the Water Engineering and… Read More »WEDC 2021