Health and Hygiene promotion, GRC perspective
The “WASH perspective”:
- HP is a term used to cover a range of strategies aimed to improve people’s hygiene behaviour and prevent the spread of disease. HP enables people to take action to prevent water, sanitation and hygiene-related diseases by mobilizing and engaging the population, their knowledge, and resources. (Source: IFRC)
- Prevent disease
The “Health Perspective”
- Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health (Source: WHO)
- Improve health
The “Comprehensive Perspective”
- “Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases.“ (Source: WHO)
- Prevent disease + Improve health
