Global Handwashing Day

Global Handwashing Day was founded by the Global Handwashing Partnership , and is an opportunity to design, test, and replicate creative ways to encourage people to wash their hands with soap at critical times.   For media and interview requests, contact us on: unwater@un.org mentioning [Media request] in the subject heading.

Join us on Wednesday, October 11th, to hear what others are doing to ensure hand hygiene progress at the global, national, and individual levels. 2023 Global handwashing day annual event. WHEN: October 11th, 2023. TIME: 8:00 AM EDT - 12:00 1:30 pm UTC. EVENT TYPE: hybrid event. Register to participate!   Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #CleanHandsareWithinReach .

Join us next Tuesday, September 12, for our annual Global Handwashing Day briefing call ! 

On May 5th - World Hand Hygiene Day – the World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever research agenda on hand hygiene in health care. The WHO research for hand hygiene in health care 2023–2030: summary provides guidance on the highest priorities for research to gather further evidence on best approaches to improve hand hygiene practices during health care delivery, as well as to accelerate innovative solutions. During the two-years long consultative process with a large group of experts from around the world, 192 research priorities were identified, of which 178 achieved the consensus. The summary released on 5 May lists 21 highest research priorities in six key areas, including impact of communication on health workers’ behaviour, institutional safety climate, and impact of hand hygiene on health care-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A full document covering all research priorities in the six identified domains will be issued at a later

  World Hand Hygiene Day 2023 Webinar. Date:  5 May 2023 -  Time:  14:00 – 15:30 pm CEST. Background : Each year, on 5 May, WHO celebrates the World Hand Hygiene Day, in the context of the WHO “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands” campaign . The aim of this global campaign is to bring people together in support of hand hygiene in health care improvement and thus, impact positively on the quality of care and patient safety across all levels of the health system. Hand hygiene is pivotal on maintaining clean and safe provision of care. The slogan for World Hand Hygiene Day 2023, “ Accelerate action together ”, is focused on the idea that together, we can accelerate action to prevent infections and antimicrobial resistance in health care and build a culture of safety and quality in which hand hygiene improvement is given a high priority. This year WHO is calling on Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and other partners to engage with the campaign and accelerate progress towards achieving effective

Nobody should be harmed or die when receiving care. Yet every year, millions of people contract infections in health care facilities. The great tragedy is that most of these could be prevented. On World Hand Hygiene Day 2023 , we call on civil society, governments, and health care institutions and workers to join the WHO SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign , to accelerate action and spur national and local investment in hand hygiene in health facilities. Campaign theme : Together, we can accelerate action to prevent infections and antimicrobial resistance in health care and build a culture of safety and quality in which hand hygiene improvement is given high priority. Slogan: Accelerate action together. SAVE LIVES – Clean Your Hands. Campaign objectives: Strengthen and empower communities of actors in health care to accelerate action to improve hand hygiene and infection prevention and control at point of care. Foster collaboration and working together of people and organizations