Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) - World Health Organization …
Sep 24, 2025 · 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Gloves do not replace hand hygiene – reminder from WHO
May 5, 2025 · 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.
Hand Hygiene: Why, How & When? - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 31, 2009 · 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 …
Water, sanitation, hygiene and health: A primer for health professionals
Dec 12, 2019 · 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 …
World Hand Hygiene Day
May 5, 2025 · 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 …
Hand Hygiene for All Global Initiative - World Health Organization …
Jun 23, 2020 · Good hand hygiene is a highly cost-effective public health measure, and a cornerstone of safe and effective health care. It is crucial to protecting against a range of diseases, stopping the …
Key resources on hand hygiene - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 1, 2020 · The Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene approach defines the key moments when health-care workers should perform hand hygiene. This evidence-based, field-tested, user-centred …