
- Research project
- – Western Pacific
The publication Sharing experiences: Effective hygiene promotion in South-East Asia and the Pacific was launched on Global Hand-washing Day, Friday 15 October 2010.
The book aims to boost hygiene promotion efforts. It contains 11 new case studies from different countries and two keynote papers from international experts, all written to help people to design programs for the effective promotion of good hygiene practices.
The book is a collaboration between WaterAid Australia, the International WaterCentre, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and the contributing authors with financial support from AusAID (now Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), the Australian Government’s overseas aid program.
Project category: | Consultancy |
Key areas of work: | Public Health, WASH |
Client: | Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Project date: | September 2010 |
Project location: | South-East Asia and the Pacific |
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Sharing experiences: Effective hygiene promotion in South-East Asia and the Pacific (5.8 MB)
Download the individual book chapters
Table of content (PDF 138 kB)
Synthesis (PDF 180 kB)
A snapshot of case studies (PDF 139 kB)
Key lessons (PDF 180 kB)
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From Semmelweis to Global Hand washing Day: What’s the latest on hygiene promotion?
Dr Valerie Curtis, The Hygiene Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Coming into its own: Hygiene promotion for development
Dr Christine Sijbesma, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
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Volunteering for water, sanitation and hygiene behaviour improvements
Heather Moran, BESIK (Bee Saneamentu no Ijene iha Komunidade)
Stories from rural hygiene promoters in Vanuatu: PHAST, tippy taps and working with men and women
Gabrielle Halcrow and Joanne Crawford, International Women’s Development Agency; Jocelyn Loughman, World Vision Vanuatu
Hygiene Improvement Project: Why WASH matters
Renuka Bery, Julia Rosenbaum, and Eleonore Seumo, Hygiene Improvement Project / Academy for Educational Development; Elizabeth Younger, Hygiene Improvement Project / The Manoff Group
Jakarta’s impoverished kids lesson series: 10 take-home hygiene messages
Mindy Weimer, Yayasan Tirta Lestari and Mita Sirait, WatSan Action
Tugeda Uime Waka for Helti Komuniti (together we work for healthy communities)
Sarah Davies and Donna Webb, Australian Red Cross
Real involvement, real participation
Miriam Layton and Steve Layton, AT Projects
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Public-Private Partnership for Hand washing with Soap in Indonesia
Ida Rafiqah and Isabel Blackett, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), World Bank
Nga Kim Nguyen, The Vietnam Handwashing Initiative, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) World Bank
Global Hand washing Day and beyond
Ann Thomas, UNICEF
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Leng Wannak and Aminuzzaman Talukder, Helen Keller International – Cambodia; Pen Saroeun, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (School Health Department); Kim Koporc, Children Without Worms
Christian Nielsen, Live and Learn Environmental Education