Handwashing

Oxfam’s approach to hand hygiene is rooted in community engagement. Additionally, Oxfam has developed guidance on handwashing in emergencies, including on handwashing stations in camp settings.

Technical Brief

Handwashing

Background It is now well known that handwashing with soap has a greater impact on morbidity from diarrhoeal disease than any other single intervention…

Technical Brief

Handwashing Stations

BACKGROUND Handwashing is a critical practice that is promoted to protect public health, especially during outbreaks of infectious diseases such as COVID-19. Handwashing stations…

Resource

Mum’s Magic Hands

Mum’s Magic Hands (MMH) is an approach jointly developed by Oxfam and Unilever’s Lifebuoy soap. It encourages behaviour change in key areas like handwashing…

Resource

The Oxfam Handwashing Station

The Oxfam Handwashing Station (OHS) has been designed through a collaborative process with designers, behavioural architects, public health professionals, and rigorously field tested and…

Technical Brief

Hygiene Kits

Introduction Oxfam distributes hygiene kits to support hygiene promotion and watsan activities in most Humanitarian situations. The terms ‘hygiene kits’, ‘NFIs’ and ‘NFRIs’ are…

Resource

Shop vouchers for hygiene kits in Port-au-Prince, Haiti