State of the world's hand hygiene

Despite efforts to promote hand hygiene, the rates of access to hand hygiene facilities remain stubbornly low. If current rates of progress continue, by the end of the SDG era in 2030, 1.9 billion people will still lack facilities to wash their hands at home.

The State of the world's hand hygiene: A global call to action to make hand hygiene a priority in policy and practice, the new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), brings together various data sets to present the current status of hand hygiene, highlight lagging progress, and call for action from governments and supporting agencies, offering numerous inspiring case studies.