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Young school girl washes her hands carefully at a handwashing station at school

Handwashing: a critical starting point for healthy communities and a first response to a crisis

Posted on Friday, September 25, 2020 04:47 PM

The sudden and rapid onset of COVID-19 globally was met with great anxiety in Solomon Islands where a weak and under-resourced health system, coupled with shortages of locally...

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No one left behind: Building capacity of all in healthcare facilities in Myanmar

Posted on Friday, September 25, 2020 04:28 PM

 

In five townships in the Ayeyarwaddy Region of Myanmar, WaterAid is promoting adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control (IPC) as...

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Dispelling myths, raising awareness and preparing for COVID-19 in remote Papua New Guinea

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2020 12:45 AM

When word of a new, unknown and potentially deadly virus started spreading in Papua New Guinea (PNG), many people were terrified. 

Understanding little about COVID-19, its...

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Growing from Strength to Strength: the Ruteng women PAR group tackles COVID-19

Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2020 04:15 PM

As you weave through the rolling landscape of Eastern Indonesia, up along mountain ridges, past lines of banana trees, clusters of coffee plants and cattle wandering alongside...

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Overcoming the barriers: COVID-19 prevention in Bangladesh

Posted on Monday, September 07, 2020 01:30 AM

 “Now I have access and I can easily wash my hands to protect myself from Coronavirus.”

 

Sufia lives in Gaibandha district in Bangladesh, she is a 55 years old and happy...

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