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Hygiene Centre staff were actively involved in setting up
and managing the Global Public-Private Partnership to Promote
Hand washing with Soap.
The partnership brings together the skills
and resources of the soap industry with those of governments,
development organisations and the academic world. Beth
Scott and Val
Curtis from the Hygiene Centre are advisors to the project.
The non-branded soap and hand washing promotion programmes
bring substantial health benefits, particularly to children
under 5 years, while satisfying the desire of soap manufacturers
to improve their market penetration.
The success of the partnership is already
evident. Preliminary results from the Ghana initiative show
increases of 13% and 41% in hand washing with soap after defecation
and before eating, respectively. The award for Best Television
Advert of the Year in Ghana was presented for an advertisement
about hand washing with soap.
The following organisations and businesses
are partners in the Global PPP to Promote Hand washing with
Soap: |
