IFH and WSSCC produce 'Home Hygiene in Developing Countries' resource

The International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene (IFH) and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council have joined hands to raise awareness of the importance of hygiene, and develop programmes aimed at improving hygiene practice at home and community level. As the first concrete output of this partnership, IFH with support from WSSCC has produced a teaching/self learning resource on hygiene in developing country situations.

Entitled 'Home Hygiene in Developing Countries; Prevention of infection in the home and peri-domestic setting', the resource covers all aspects of home and peri-domestic hygiene, and has been written in simple, practical language in order to be understood by people from a diverse range of backgrounds, who may have limited scientific or medical knowledge. This training resource is intended primarily to give practical support to teachers, community workers, community nurses and other health professionals at local level who have responsibility for developing school and community hygiene promotion programmes, but can be used by anyone who needs to obtain an overview of hygiene and hygiene practice.

Download the Resource Guide here.

To further promote the importance of home hygiene, to explain its various components and to make people aware of the Home Hygiene in Developing Countries resource guide, IFH and WSSCC developed a flyer, to be used in conferences and exhibitions, and any other promotional setting.

Download the flyer here.