WASH for Healthcare

Published: July 16, 2019

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) amenities, including waste management and environmental cleaning services, are critical to their safe functioning of the health care institutions. Lack of WASH and Associated Complications Lack of WASH services will result in a compromise of infection prevention and control. As a result, patients are at risk of avoidable infections. Lack ..

Topics: hygiene • National Health Mission • sanitation • WASH • Water • World Health Assembly

Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention concluded in New Delhi

Published: October 3, 2018

The Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC) has recently concluded in New Delhi on October 2. The purpose of the 4–day event was to share sanitation success stories and lessons from the participating countries. In it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the convention. MGISC is organised by the Ministry ..

Topics: Bindeshwar Pathak • Cleaning • Euthenics • hygiene • Narendra Modi • Public health • sanitation • Swachh Bharat Mission • WASH • Water supply and sanitation in India

Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention to be organized by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Published: September 7, 2018

The Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC-2018) will be organized by the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in New Delhi from September 29 to mark the beginning of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi. It will be a 4-day international conference that will bring together Sanitation Ministers and other leaders in ..

Topics: Activism • Activists • Cleaning • Gandhi Jayanti • hygiene • Mahatma Gandhi • Public health • sanitation • Swachh Bharat Mission • WASH • Water supply and sanitation in India

2017 Global Handwashing Day (GHD)

Published: October 17, 2017

The Global Handwashing Day(GHD) is observed every year on October 15 as an annual global advocacy day to increase awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. The day is an opportunity to design, test, and replicate creative ways to ..

Topics: GHD • Global Handwashing Day • Hand washing • Health • hygiene • Public health • sanitation • Soap • WASH

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