Global Handwashing Day

On Global Handwashing Day , the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement calls on everyone to recognize handwashing as essential to health and dignity in every community. Everyone can be a handwashing hero. Teachers can make handwashing part of the daily routine in classrooms.   Healthcare workers and managers can ensure facilities have soap and water for patients and staff. Community leaders can champion handwashing stations in public spaces and during emergencies.   Policymakers can ensure that handwashing facilities are included in every school, health facility, and community plans. On October 15th , Global Handwashing Day and every day, let's work together to ensure that everyone, everywhere can access the soap and water they need to stay healthy and safe. Learn more about the IFRC’s work in water, sanitation and hygiene .

The Clean, Fed & Nurtured Community of Practice hosted a Webinar with Dr. Marie T. Ruel on the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration. Dr. Ruel is the Director of the International Food Policy Research Institute's (IFPRI) Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division , and the lead author of the 2013 Lancet Series paper: Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition ?  Clean, Fed & Nurtured is a global community of practice that brings together the sectors of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme (WASH) , nutrition, and ECD to promote child growth and development.