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New Article Alert ! I am excited as IPC Specialist to share our latest article, “The importance of sharing knowledge about Hand 🖐️ Hygiene among Health Workers in Nigeria: A narrative review.” This piece highlights the crucial role that hand hygiene plays in preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and Maintaining patient safety. Join us in spreading the word about the importance of hand 🤚 hygiene. Your support and engagement can make a difference. Find below the link https://lnkd.in/dfdS8iMG #HandHygiene #PatientSafety #InfectionPrevention World Health Organization

Around the world, menstrual health and hygiene needs are being overlooked due to limited access to information, education, products and services, as well as inadequate facilities and inequalities. A new JMP report, Progress on drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in schools 2000–2023: special focus on menstrual health, launched by UNICEF and WHO on Menstrual Hygiene Day, analyses for the first time emerging national data on menstrual health and hygiene in schools globally. https://lnkd.in/dmNwuQhi

Useful Tips💡 👏🏾Changing hygiene behaviours requires innovative and novel approaches in the right context; otherwise it can be a difficult and complex undertaking. ⁉️Promotion programmes often focus on educating people about health, germs and disease using leaflets, posters and messaging only. 💡WaterAid understand however, such approaches rarely result in positive, sustained behaviour change as they fail to account for the fundamental role of broader structural determinants, such as cultural or social norms, environmental constraints such as access to facilities and products, and emotional aspects such as increasing status, ensuring comfort, nurturing future benefits etc. ✍🏾There is mounting evidence to show that research-based HBC interventions using emotional triggers such as nurture, status, disgust, affiliation and change in environments (change in physical settings with cues / nudges) are much more successful in improving behaviours as compared to traditional interventions focusing on raising awareness. Click the following link to watch the HBC interventions that took those aspects into account. Please keep watching to see the results.☺️ https://lnkd.in/eGtqE2hJ

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Menstrual Hygiene Management in Africa. What is the African story?

Menstrual Hygiene Management in Africa. What is the African story? Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ Menstrual Hygiene Management in Africa. What is the African story?

Sulabh President, Mr. Kumar Dilip today met the Honourable Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Member of Parliament from Gautam buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. During their informative discussion, Mr. Dilip discussed Sulabh International's recent efforts focusing on sanitation, water management, and menstrual hygiene management (MHM), as well as food security. He also presented Dr. Sharma with a copy of "Combating the Silence from Menarche to Menopause," a comprehensive research report by Sulabh. This report focuses on marginalized, remote, and vulnerable populations, offering key recommendations for equitable access to menstrual hygiene and health resources. #SulabhInternational #menstrualhygiene #foodsecurity #ClimateAction #healthequity #empowerment

This report is a wake up call! There’s need for global action to improve menstrual health and hygiene - inclusive policies, financing, gender sensitive assessments, gender-responsive design, planning and implementation, capacity building, sector coordination and monitoring. #SanitAction

VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION PLUS DEWORMING Kenya’s integrated VAS+D approach to programming is expected to significantly improve the nutritional and health status of children aged 6-59 months by enhancing their immune systems, leading to reduced morbidity and mortality from preventable illnesses. Moreover, the elimination of Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) has been proven to be an effective intervention that builds on the established Primary Healthcare Networks (PCNs) to address malnutrition and impaired growth, which are both manifestations of malabsorption, reduced appetite, reduced food uptake, and inflammations caused by parasitic worm infestations. The ongoing effort to refine the competencies, responsiveness, and productivity of healthcare providers at both national and county levels through structured training, coaching, and mentorship initiatives, remains an absolute imperative for strengthening the health workforce pillar and improving the delivery of quality healthcare services. Given this background, the Integrated VAS+D Training Package is emerging as a pivotal approach for strengthening the knowledge and skills of healthcare providers, which leads to efficiencies in the management and utilization of product. It’s been an honour to be the SBC lead in the development of the VAS+D Facilitators’ and Participants’ Training Manuals that will be used to train healthcare workers in this thematic area. A big hand to all the partners involved in the process. In no specific order: #Ministry_of_Health #UNICEF #HellenKellerInternational #NutritionInternational #ActionAgainstHunger #VitaminAngels #EvidenceAction #KMTC #Health_and_Nutrition_Innovations_Kenya