Links to the resources below for Global Handwashing Day are on Sanitation Updates :

USAID’s life-saving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs and other development activities promote adoption of handwashing and other hygiene practices as an important element of improved health and nutrition programs.

Learn more

- See how the Povu Poa is increasing handwashing in Kenya
- Listen to Robert Dreibelbis on Handwashing Behavior Change in Bangladesh
- Learn more about USAID’s work in water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Learn more about USAID’s maternal and child health efforts
- Read about USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program’s work to achieve clean clinics in Haiti