Water and WASH Future Conference
Hygiene practices are some of the first lines of defense in a climate-stressed and COVID-19 world. The Water and WASH Futures conference 2023 has dedicated sessions that explore the latest evidence and lessons aimed at improving hygiene practices.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the critical role of safe personal hygiene, especially hand hygiene, as an essential preventative health intervention for mitigating some of the impacts of infectious diseases.
It has also highlighted the enduring inequities in access to hygiene services, the increased pressure placed on health services and the need for longer-term responses. With the increasing impacts of climate change, natural disasters and water security challenges influencing people’s attitudes and access to water used for hygiene, these issues will continue to be compounded.
WASH actors in the full range of WASH settings, from health facilities and schools to public places, communities and cities, will need to be able to sustain safe hygiene practices during these emerging challenges and crises. This means promoting and sustaining handwashing and personal hygiene and sanitation practices, as well as water hygiene practices required for safe water consumption.
Join us at the Water and WASH Futures Conference to share evidence and lessons to inform our responses towards ensuring hygiene services and behaviours that are safe, inclusive, adaptive and resilient in a climate-stressed world.
Learn more about the conference, and don’t forget – Early Bird conference registrations are now open: https://lnkd.in/d_ZrHcm9
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