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
Finally meeting in person The first hands4health face-to-face workshop took place on August 30, 2021. It was a milestone for the consortium, as many of the partners had not met in person yet. The day-long meeting occurred at the FHNW… Read More »First f2f event
Kicking-off hands4health The 4-year research project hands4health, which integrates the TRANSFORM Programme of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), was officially kicked-off. The consortium held its first online stakeholder workshop on April 22, 2021, gathering around 70 participants.… Read More »Kickoff event