Last year we studied four schools in Odisha where we assessed the effectiveness of handwashing stations in promoting better hygiene among students. The schools were equipped with portable handwashing stations (for over 2 years at the time), strategically placed in classrooms, corridors, and high-traffic areas. The idea was simple: make handwashing accessible and frequent, ensuring that children not only learn about hygiene but also make it a daily practice.

Handwashing with soap and water is the most effective way to prevent transmission of many disease-causing germs. It is especially important for young students because they interact closely with many others every day, and because their immune systems are less developed. An estimated 75% of student absenteeism is linked to illnesses caused by lack of handwashing. The School Ambassador program recently launched HappyTap Philippines is a creative approach to address this challenge.

Bạn có biết rằng HappyTap đã bắt đầu công việc nghiên cứu và thiết kế về vệ sinh tay tại miền Nam Việt Nam? Annie, thành viên nhóm tại Việt Nam, đã dành toàn bộ thời gian ở quê nhà trong khoảng thời gian đại dịch bùng phát. Cô ấy đã quay trở về trường tiểu học cũ của mình với tầm nhìn như một chuyên gia vệ sinh.

The Madagascar national and local government is working with the private sector and development partners to help students return to school safely in a new normal.

Hun Sen Mitthapheap High School is among the first schools to reopen in Cambodia, and one of the largest to participate in this pilot reopening phase. After months of planning, they reopened the upper grades this week. Rather than undertaking expensive facilities work with professional contractors, students themselves were well able to set up hand washing stations in each of their classrooms in a matter of minutes.

A North Tyneside nursery is leading the way in instilling healthy habits for life among children.

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A businesswoman, executive advisor and coach who spent 30 years living and working in Japan has returned to the UK and brought with her a cost effective yet simple idea to keep children safe against Covid in North East schools.

Hundreds of handwashing stations will be set up in schools across County Durham as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

A businesswoman, executive advisor and coach who spent 30 years living and working in Japan has returned to the UK and brought with her a cost effective yet simple idea to keep children safe against Covid in North East schools.

Even as we marked Global Handwashing Day, UNICEF was managing a major operation to bring hygiene supplies and safety education materials to all 13,482 schools and 3,064 community pre-schools in Cambodia. These are essential for their safe re-opening.

Hundreds of hand washing stations will be set up in schools across County Durham as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Hundreds of handwashing stations will be set up in schools across County Durham as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Children in Cambodia won't have a problem keeping their hands clean thanks to this frog-themed hand-washing device.

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A small plastic box decorated with smiling frogs and a bright green logo, LaBobo looks like a toy, but it could help prevent thousands of people from getting sick with diarrhoea and other diseases.