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Global Handwashing Day 2015

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Global Handwashing Day 2015: A Simple Act Saves Lives
A woman washes her hands with soap and water
Handwashing with soap is an extremely effective and cost-efficient intervention to prevent pneumonia and diarrhea in children. Newborns are especially susceptible to pathogenic infections, which account for nearly 30 percent of newborn mortality globally. Photo credit: Kate Holt/Jhpiego.
Global Handwashing Day 2015: Efficient, Effective, Affordable
Two boys was their hands in a bathroom sink
A study in Nepal found that birth attendant and maternal handwashing were associated with a 41 percent reduction in newborn mortality. Handwashing with soap also reduces infections in mothers and children during pregnancy and childbirth. Photo credit: Save the Children.
Global Handwashing Day 2015: Changing Behaviors, Saving Lives
A woman holds her newborn
USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) promotes four key behaviors to improve maternal, newborn, and child health: treating drinking water for young children, safe disposal of excrement, clean play spaces, and handwashing with soap. Photo credit: Save the Children.
Global Handwashing Day 2015: Important Steps toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality
Three women carry jugs of water on their heads
By promoting handwashing at these critical times, MCSP aims to provide expectant mothers with a hygienic birthing experience, reduce newborn infections, and improve nutritional outcomes in children under the age of five. Photo credit: Indrani Kashyap/Jhpiego.
Global Handwashing Day 2015: Change Begins at Home
A woman washes her hands with water from a bucket with a spigot
The Clean Household Approach works to generate behavior change and demand for household handwashing stations and soap. MCSP incorporates factors such as perceived wealth, convenience, and social status – more influential motivators than health. Photo credit: Kate Holt/Jhpiego.
Global Handwashing Day 2015: Everyone Can Lend a Hand
A woman pumps water into a bucket while children wait behind her to fill their containers
Sustained handwashing behaviors depend on promoting more homes with dedicated handwashing stations and a consistent availability of soap for convenient, routine handwashing. MCSP links households with local markets and partners with local governments. Photo credit: Kate Holt/Jhpiego.
Global Handwashing Day 2015: Access Is the Key to Prevention
A man washes his hands with water from a bucket
The Clean Household Approach is helping to maximize household access to and use of handwashing stations and soap to ensure that no child dies of hygiene-related illnesses. Photo credit: Claryce Auma/Jhpiego.
Global Handwashing Day 2015: A Global Undertaking
Two boys smile at the camera
This Global Handwashing Day, remember that only when we reach the most marginalized children and ensure they receive the same preventive care as their peers elsewhere in the world will we end preventable child deaths. Photo credit: Ali Khurshid/Jhpiego.
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A woman washes her hands with soap and water
Two boys was their hands in a bathroom sink
A woman holds her newborn
Three women carry jugs of water on their heads
A woman washes her hands with water from a bucket with a spigot
A woman pumps water into a bucket while children wait behind her to fill their containers
A man washes his hands with water from a bucket
Two boys smile at the camera
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Kassa Mulualem plow her father's land. Kassa is a project participant and role model. She was one of the first women in her area to take up plowing, an activity that is traditionally reserved for men. By sharing her experience with the village economic and social associations in her area, she is helping to raise awareness about gender equality and encouraging other USAID beneficiaries to change their lives by changing their understanding of the division of labor between men and women.
Building Resilience in the Ethiopian Highlands
April 7, 2017
USAID works with a number of non-governmental organization partners to support the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia. Here a worker for USAID-partner Catholic Relief Services helps to organize distributions.
USAID Response to the Ethiopian Drought
April 10, 2017
In October 2016, USAID launched the READ Community Outreach activity at Soyama Primary School. The activity will reach students in nearly 2,500 schools in the Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Somali, and Tigray regions.
Investing in Ethiopia's Future
April 6, 2017
Health extension worker Alemitu Merga in Nano Gabriel Health Post, South West Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.   The USAID Deliver project, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other organizations, improves health outcomes by increasing the availability of health supplies. For more than 30 years, USAID has been a world leader in providing health commodities.
Creating a Healthier Ethiopia
April 6, 2017
Story Powered Schools by Nalibali
Story-Powered Schools by Nalibali
March 2, 2017
The Africa We Want
Agenda 2063
September 1, 2016
USAID Administrator Gayle Smith leads discussion during 2016 AU Summit.
AU Summit
September 1, 2016
Youth Refugee Day in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
USAID Support to the African Union
September 1, 2016

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