Publication: Scaling Up Handwashing Behavior : Findings from the Impact Evaluation Baseline Survey in Senegal
Date
2011-06
ISSN
Published
2011-06
Author(s)
Orsola-Vidal, Alexandra
Yusuf, Ahmad
Abstract
In December 2006, in response to the
preventable threats posed by poor sanitation and hygiene,
the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) launched two
large-scale projects, global scaling up handwashing and
global scaling up rural sanitation, to improve the health
and welfare outcomes for millions of poor people. Local and
national governments are implementing these projects with
technical support from WSP. The goal of the Global Scaling
up Handwashing Project (HWWS) is to reduce the risk of
diarrhea and therefore increase household productivity by
stimulating and sustaining the behavior of handwashing with
soap at critical times for 5.4 million people in Peru,
Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam. The project aims to test
whether this handwashing behavior can be improved among the
poor and vulnerable using innovative promotional approaches.
In addition, it will undertake a structured learning and
dissemination process to develop the evidence, practical
knowledge, and tools needed to effectively replicate and
scale up future handwashing programs.
Citation
“Orsola-Vidal, Alexandra; Yusuf, Ahmad. 2011. Scaling Up Handwashing Behavior : Findings from the Impact Evaluation Baseline Survey in Senegal. Water and sanitation program technical paper. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17290 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”