Hygiene Improvement Project

The Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP) is a USAID-funded program that works at scale to improve and sustain hygiene practices.


FileMay 2009 HIp-LIGHTS

In May HIP held a three-day pilot training workshop on integrating WASH into HIV/AIDS home-based care in Uganda. Twenty-two field staff and volunteers from seven organizations were instructed on safe water treatment and storage, proper feces management, proper menstrual blood management, and hand washing with soap at critical times. In Amoroni Mania, Madagascar, HIP is working in partnership with UNICEF to pioneer a community-led total sanitation initiative; training has begun in small villages in the region. Also this month, HIP’s director and deputy director participated in a State Department-sponsored workshop to develop a U.S. government strategic approach for implementing the Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act.

May 2009 HIp-Lights.pdf  (200 kB)

FileA Compendium of Resources: Integrating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, into Primary Schools and Teacher Training. September 2008.

This compendium of resources is intended for organizations or individuals planning or carrying out school-based education projects, pre or in-service teacher training, and programs aimed at orphans and vulnerable children. Its activities are focused on the primary school level, but of course hygiene and sanitation improvement is important at the secondary level as well. Its focus is more on in-classroom and extracurricular activities and less on infrastructure, although there are some references with guidance on this.

Compendium of Resources - Integrating Water Sanitation and Hygiene - Sept 2008.pdf  (324 kB)

FileProgramming Guidance for Integrating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Improvement into HIV/AIDS Programs to Reduce Diarrhea Morbidity May 2008

This expanded version of an earlier paper on integrating hygiene improvement into HIV/AIDS programming includes concrete guidance for implementers of HIV/AIDS care and support activities.

HIP_AEDcx.pdf  (468 kB)

FolderPrograms

Working at scale, HIP seeks to improve key hygiene practices by engaging multiple stakeholders, at different levels, using multiple interventions and focusing on all components of the hygiene improvement framework.

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HIP is developing resources for hygiene improvement at scale that include tools, guidelines, good practices, presentations and research results.

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Learn about hygiene behavior change and capacity development. Exchange knowledge. Strengthen your capacity to create hygiene programs.

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FolderAbout HIP

HIP, a 5-year USAID- funded project plans to bring about sustainable, at-scale improvements of three key hygiene practices in at least 5 countries and through selected, strategic activities.

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