Alana Potter, lead author of the WASHCost working paper on
“Assessing hygiene cost-effectiveness“, explains the importance
of changing hygiene behaviours so that improved water and
sanitation can lead to the expected health benefits. She has
been reviewing indicators, tools and methods that sector
institutions are using to monitor and measure hygiene behaviour
change and identified three key hygiene behaviours common to all
of these tools. Simply put, these are hand washing, using a
toilet (i.e. separation of faeces from users) and safe
management of household water. These are crucial for health
benefits to be derived from improved water and should be
remembered on World Water Day. Interview and video by Nicolas
Dickinson, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre March
21, 2012 Source: IRC / WASHCost, 21 Mar 2012