Dr. Matthew Freeman, Dr Marlene Wolfe and Dr. Bethany Caruso will be taking part in the launch of the BMJ - Global Health Supplement in London September 18th. The five papers from this supplement, all led by Emory (plus a commentary led by the WHO), reviewed the literature on hand hygiene in community settings and will directly support the first ever WHO/UNICEF Global Guideline on Hand Hygiene in Community Settings. The launch will also preview the launch of the guidelines and include discussants from WHO, UNICEF, the BMJ, and the UK Government, among others. Co-authors across the papers also include 10 students and staff from Rollins School of Public Health.

Watch Matt’s lecture on “Applying implementation science methods for the control of food and waterborne infections” at the 2nd IMPACT Webinar, held on June 15, 2022.

Matt has been appointed to a newly launched Lancet Commission on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and Health (WASH). Matt will specifically co-author the report and provide scientific guidance on associated studies to support the Commission’s work.

This toolkit provides step-by-step guidance to NTD programme managers and partners on how to engage and work collaboratively with the WASH community to improve delivery of water, sanitation and hygiene services to underserved population affected by many neglected tropical diseases.

Presentation held by Kate Medlicott and Sophie Boisson, WHO on the WHO Guidelines on sanitation and health and the recordings of the World Toilet Day webinar jointly hosted by SuSanA, WHO and UN-Water.

Members from our group and others at Emory have contributed in the development of guidelines that provide comprehensive advice on maximizing the health impact of sanitation interventions. By adopting WHO’s new guidelines, countries can significantly reduce the 829 000 annual diarrhoeal deaths due to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene.

This report presents the tools used to generate findings order to understand the needs of girls who are menstruating at school.

The WinS4Girls E-Course was designed by the Center for Global Safe WASH at Emory University and UNICEF to help strengthen the capacity of WASH practitioners and policymakers to carry out rigorous research that investigates local menstrual hygiene management practices and challenges.

Emory University, UNICEF, SENASBA and Fundación SODIS selected municipalities and schools to understand the scope of education and health challenges faced by girls in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Emory University, UNICEF Philippines, Plan Philippines and Save the Children Philippines carried out a qualitative assessment of menstruation-related challenges girls face in school.

From June through July 2012, Emory University and UNICEF collaborated in research aimed to understand the range of challenges faced by girls during menstruation in urban Freetown, as well as the determinants of those challenges.

Emory University along with a diverse group of organizations outline linkages between WASH and NTDs

The WinS Course was developed by UNICEF and the Center for Global Safe Water, based at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health and is designed to promote understanding of child-to-child, child-to-parent and other approaches to transforming hygiene behaviour. It also aims to support national-level work that helps government partners design and implement WinS programmes at scale.

This report presents findings from a six-country study conducted by UNICEF and the Center for Global Safe Water at Emory University. This research was carried out in collaboration with UNICEF country offices in Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Uganda and Uzbekistan and their partner

This toolkit is meant to strengthen sector-wide monitoring and evaluation of school WASH programs in order to improve programmatic effectiveness and sustainability.