According to a new Position Paper published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) online, improved everyday hygiene practices, such as hand-washing, reduces the risk of common infections ...

Written by Elizabeth A. Scott PhD, MPhil. College of Natural, Behavioral and Health Sciences, Simmons University, MA, USA. Exploring the evidence to support the role of home and community hygiene in ...

In western Uganda, UNICEF education programs teach communities about the health risks of open defecation and the benefits of handwashing at home and at school. Josephine Mukonyezi, a 26-year-old ...

A lack of soap is the most often reported barrier to effective hand hygiene—key to curbing the spread of infection—in shared community spaces, such as households, schools, and public places, finds a ...

Handwashing can reduce the number of people who get sick with diarrhoea by 23-40 per cent in the world and reduce diarrhoeal illness in people around the world with weakened immune systems by 58 per ...

SAN ANTONIO - A major healthcare institution is helping local families in need get free hygiene supplies. On Tuesday, Superior HealthPlan announced over $700,000 in funding for Community Hygiene ...

Efforts to improve handwashing don’t always include basics of access to soap + water Lack of hand hygiene causes annual 740,000 deaths from diarrhoea or respiratory infections But despite global ...