Health Dialogues – Back to Basics: Washing Hands = Saving Lives

To mark Global Handwashing Day on October 15, 2012, the IFGH held a Health Dialogue entitled Back to Basics: Washing Hands = Saving Lives: Handwashing and its role in achieving Public Health and Nutrition Outcomes.  This Health Dialogue aimed at bringing key Irish and International stakeholders together to primarily inform the global health community in Ireland about the benefits of handwashing with soap in relation to public health and wider development goals.

To download the presentations from each speaker click below

• Louise Watson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, “Preliminary Findings of the Cochrane Review on WASH and Under Nutrition” Protocol
• Franck Flachenburg, Environmental Health Adviser, Concern Worldwide “Concern Experiences of Promoting Handwashing with Soap”
• Sarah McDonald, Global Director Sustainability “Lifebuoy’s experience of scaling up handwashing with soap”
• Dr. Robert Cunney, Consultant Microbiologist, Health Protection and Surveillance Centre, Health Services Executive. “Getting healthcare workers (and others) to wash their hands”
• Mr Sean Bay, CEO, Surewash Ltd