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  1. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) - World Health …

    Sep 24, 2025 · Safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial to human health and well-being. Safe WASH is not only a prerequisite to health, but contributes to livelihoods, school …

  2. Guidance on WASH and health

    Personal hygiene Hygiene is multi-faceted and comprises many behaviours, including hand- and face washing, menstrual hygiene and food hygiene. Hand washing with soap at crucial events …

  3. Hand hygiene - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Most HAIs are preventable through hand hygiene performed at the right times. The WHO Guidelines on hand hygiene in health care outline hand hygiene recommendations and are …

  4. World Hand Hygiene Day 2025

    Regardless of whether gloves are worn, hand hygiene at the right times and in the right way is still one of the most important measures to protect patients and health workers in healthcare. By …

  5. Hand Hygiene: Why, How & When? - World Health Organization …

    Jul 31, 2009 · Hand hygiene is therefore the most important measure to avoid the transmission of harmful germs and prevent health care-associated infections. This brochure explains how and …

  6. Water, sanitation, hygiene and health: A primer for health …

    Dec 12, 2019 · Safe water, sanitation and hygiene (collectively known as WASH) are crucial for human health and well-being. Yet, millions of people globally lack adequate WASH services …

  7. World Hand Hygiene Day

    May 5, 2025 · World Hand Hygiene Day, marked annually on 05 May, promotes hand hygiene in healthcare settings. It originates from WHO's First Global Patient Safety Challenge, launched …

  8. Key resources on hand hygiene - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Apr 1, 2020 · The Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene approach defines the key moments when health-care workers should perform hand hygiene. This evidence-based, field-tested, user …

  9. 世卫组织提醒:手套不能取代手卫生

    May 5, 2025 · 手卫生是我们预防感染传播、提供高质量清洁安全医疗服务的最有效、经济且通用的手段之一。尽管医用手套在预防感染传播方面至关重要,比如当有血液和体液暴露风险时,但 …

  10. Hand Hygiene for All Global Initiative - World Health Organization …

    Jun 23, 2020 · Good hand hygiene is a highly cost-effective public health measure, and a cornerstone of safe and effective health care. It is crucial to protecting against a range of …