Handwashing Beyond the Pandemic

COVID-19 shined a light on the importance of handwashing and there is a need to identify and implement systemic actions that can continue to support and sustain behavior change at scale in this post-pandemic era. In this webinar, the Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies Technical Working Group convened speakers to discuss opportunities and challenges for sustaining handwashing at scale in post-pandemic. The panel evaluated how behavioral science and insights can inform interventions, opportunities for digital and locally adapted messages, the need for partnerships with private sector, options for financing hygiene, and examples of innovations and coordination. 

Held on 31st January 2024

12pm CEST

Panellists: 

• Lisa Rudge - WASH Advisor, FCDO

• Dr. Robert Dreibelbis - Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Dr. Om Prasad Gautam - Senior WASH Manager – Hygiene

• Parnil Sarin - Lifebuoy Director

• Jenala Chipungu - Head of Social and Behavioural Science Research Department, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)

• Dejene Tagesse - Programme Quality and Innovations Manager at WaterAid Ethiopia

• Obert Gonye - WASH Coordinator, FHI 360 Nigeria