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WASH 5 Star approach: addressing hygiene behaviour in schools of rural Bangladesh
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:11 authored by Sanjoy Mukherjee, Md. Moksad AlamEvery child has basic rights to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). School are essential institutions to children’s welfare, and a place where lifelong behaviours are inculcated. The National Hygiene Baseline Survey [1] and recent WASH bottleneck analysis of Bangladesh [2] reflected the worrying state of hygiene behaviour in schools. WaterAid Bangladesh has developed an approach called ‘WASH 5 Star’ based on the five behavioural domains articulated in the National Hygiene Promotion Strategy (NHPS) 2012 in Bangladesh [3] to raise awareness at the individual, household and
institutional level on proper hygiene practices . The WASH 5 Star approach was introduced in 2500 schools in rural Bangladesh and yielded encouraging results within a short span of time. This approach
can to be introduced at a large scale to achieve wider health benefits.
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MUKHERJEE, S. and ALAM, M.M., 2017. WASH 5 Star approach: addressing hygiene behaviour in schools of rural Bangladesh. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Local action with international cooperation to improve and sustain water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services: Proceedings of the 40th WEDC International Conference, Loughborough, UK, 24-28 July 2017, Paper 2630, 5pp.Publisher
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