Community of Practice on Hygiene Promotion

Credit: Dinh Xuan Lam/WSP

WaterAid and the WASH Reference Group are working together to review their work on hygiene promotion. This activity is being supported by an ANCP Innovations Fund grant from AusAID. Outputs from this work will be disseminated through this site during the year.

Hygiene promotion has been shown to be one of the most effective ways of combating diarrhoea, reducing risk by around 45% (Curtis, 2010). Diarrhoea is the second largest cause of under 5 child deaths in the developing world. WaterAid Australia and members of the WASH Reference Group have collected 11 diverse and interesting case studies on hygiene promotion to increase understanding and learning about the importance of hygiene promotion. Case studies range from large multi-lateral projects to local NGO projects.

Learning Event on Hygiene Promotion, Melbourne, 7th June 2010

On Wednesday 9 June 2010, 45 practitioners and researchers on hygiene behaviour change met to share and discuss the lessons from 11 case studies and two keynote papers on the effective promotion of good hygiene practices. Christine Sijbesma from the International Water and Sanitation Centre was the keynote speaker for the day. See the links below to review the key messages from the day and some of the presentations.

Coming into its own Hygiene Promotion ( PDF File 686KB)
Hygiene Learning Event Key Messages ( PDF File 43KB)
What do the scientists say ( PDF File 813KB)