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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Apr 15, 2025 · The WHO WASH Strategy aims to improve health through the safe management of water, sanitation and hygiene services. To implement this strategy, WHO works through …

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 …

Feb 24, 2025 · Overview This report summarizes the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global work on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) during 2023. It describes how the Organization continued to …