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Soap, Handwashing, Public Toilets, Face masks,

Sanitation, Water Access, Clean Water

 

 

 

A submission to Amplifier, titled "In Your Hands."

 

Illustration: Jen Bloomer

 

Artists Paint A Portrait Of A Pandemic

NPR

May 11, 2020    3:33 PM ET

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/05/11/
848480166/artists-paint-a-portrait-of-a-pandemic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The importance of handwashing: 6 Minute English        BBC Learning English        7 May 2020

 

 

 

 

The importance of handwashing: 6 Minute English        Video        BBC Learning English        7 May 2020

 

Apparently,

handwashing helps the fight against Covid-19.

 

Health authorities say that washing your hands can help

to prevent the spread of viruses such as the coronavirus.

 

But the idea of keeping hands clean

to help prevent diseases is nothing new.

 

Hungarian doctor, Ignaz Semmelweiss

was one of the first people to realise its importance.

 

Neil and Georgina talk about his work

and teach you some useful English vocabulary along the way.

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHtvi6EtGkw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How you've been washing your hands wrong your entire life        BBC        25 February 2019

 

 

 

 

How you've been washing your hands wrong your entire life        Video        BBC        25 February 2019

 

Alan Partridge returns to our screens in This Time.

In this handy segment,

he explores the importance of washing your hands properly

and teaches us how to use the toilet without getting your hands dirty.

This Time with Alan Partridge | Episode 1 | BBC

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77IZttD_pU8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A boy drinks from the tap of a water tank outside a night shelter

in New Delhi, India.

 

Photograph: Shams Qari/Barcroft Images

 

When it comes to water access we keep doing the same thing. And failing

Many water and sanitation services are unreliable and sub-standard.

We NGOs must change our way of working and be accountable when projects fail

G

Fri 7 Apr 2017    09.57 BST

Last modified on Fri 6 Oct 2017    13.12 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/apr/07/
clean-water-everyone-sdg-failure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hygiene        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/hygiene

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/05/
hygiene-measures-to-tackle-spread-of-covid-19

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/25/
too-much-cleanliness-not-bad-for

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/may/23/
hygiene-is-the-first-priority-nepal-looks-to-clean-up-its-act-on-healthcare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hygiene        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/22/
798644707/why-wet-markets-persisted-in-china-despite-disease-and-hygiene-concerns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hygiene measures        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/05/
hygiene-measures-to-tackle-spread-of-covid-19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bathroom hygiene        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2019/oct/23/
bathroom-hygiene-spread-e-coli-infections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

proper hygiene        UK

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/05/
827582516/in-worlds-overcrowded-refugee-camps-proper-hygiene-isolation-are-impossible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

workplace hygiene        USA

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/
us/coronavirus-covid-19-hygiene.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World Menstrual Hygiene Day: Menstrual Cups        UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvysXYcnwgA

video - BBC - 10 June 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 poor hygiene standards        UK

 

https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/09/24/
why-it-is-so-hard-to-fix-indias-sanitation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

basic sanitation        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/
937945160/waste-activist-digs-into-the-sanitation-crisis-affecting-the-rural-poor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

universal sanitation        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/
937945160/waste-activist-digs-into-the-sanitation-crisis-affecting-the-rural-poor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lack adequate sanitation or safe drinking water        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2010/10/22/
130759193/officials-race-to-contain-cholera-outbreak-in-haiti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drink sewage water        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/28/
we-are-drinking-sewage-water-zimbabwe-shortages-threaten-thousands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China > wet markets        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/22/
798644707/why-wet-markets-persisted-in-china-despite-disease-and-hygiene-concerns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

clean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cleanliness        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/25/
too-much-cleanliness-not-bad-for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

open defecation        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/30/
my-message-is-simple-use-the-toilet-tackling-open-defecation-in-nigeria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

toilets        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/10/
burying-10-children-year-toilets-saving-lives-madagascar

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/13/
akshay-kumar-toilet-isnt-a-dirty-word-my-latest-film-made-me-love-the-loo

 

Can poo power solve India's toilet problem? - BBC News

video - BBC - 14 November 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zod0s11xYTk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

toilets        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2020/02/25/
808791622/why-america-is-losing-the-toilet-race

 

 

 

 

 

 

public toilets        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/04/
sensor-taps-door-handles-covid-19-rethink-public-toilets-bathroom-design

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/dec/23/
best-audio-long-reads-of-2019-hand-dryers-v-paper-towels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

women's toilets        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/14/
queue-ladies-loo-feminist-issue-public-toilets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

safe toilets        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/feb/15/
safe-toilets-help-flush-out-disease-in-cambodia-floating-communities-tonle-sap-lake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

loo        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/dec/23/
best-audio-long-reads-of-2019-hand-dryers-v-paper-towels

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/13/
akshay-kumar-toilet-isnt-a-dirty-word-my-latest-film-made-me-love-the-loo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World Toilet Day        UK

 

https://www.economist.com/international/2019/11/17/
world-toilet-day-this-week-is-not-a-joke-but-deadly-serious

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/nov/19/
world-toilet-day-south-sudan-global-sanitation-wateraid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bathroom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bath        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/29/
five-million-families-in-britain-living-in-houses-without-baths-archive-1960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tap        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/apr/07/
clean-water-everyone-sdg-failure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

soap        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/12/
scien

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wash your hands        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/05/11/
848480166/artists-paint-a-portrait-of-a-pandemic

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/
world/how-to-wash-your-hands-coronavirus.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

how to wash hands        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/25/
children-taught-wash-hands-hygiene-antibiotics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

handwashing        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/04/
811609241/coronavirus-fears-have-led-to-a-golden-age-of-hand-washing-psas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hand dryers        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/dec/23/
best-audio-long-reads-of-2019-hand-dryers-v-paper-towels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

viruses > common cold virus

 

Rhinoviruses are a major cause

of the common cold and may contribute

to about half of asthma flare-ups.

 

Researchers

have now completed

sequencing the genomes

of all the known rhinovirus types,

setting the stage

for the development

of medications and vaccines

to combat the viruses.

 

The cold

is the most common illness known,

bringing the sneezing, scratchy throat

and runny nose

that we're all familiar with.

 

People in the United States

have an estimated 1 billion colds each year.

 

More than 200 different viruses

are known to cause

the symptoms of the common cold.

 

An estimated 30-35% of all adult colds

are caused by rhinoviruses.

 

In people with asthma,

particularly children,

rhinovirus infections

are also frequently associated

with flare-ups.

 

Scientists had previously identified

99 distinct rhinovirus types.

 

Recently, however,

a number of unknown types

were detected in patients

with severe flu-like illnesses.

- last updated April 13, 2009

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/
nih-research-matters/understanding-common-cold-virus

 

 

 

Colds are caused by viruses

and easily spread to other people.

 

You're infectious

until all your symptoms have gone.

 

This usually takes a week or 2.

Colds are spread by germs

from coughs and sneezes,

which can live on hands and surfaces

for 24 hours.

 

 

 

To reduce

the risk of spreading a cold:

 

wash your hands often

with warm water and soap

use tissues to trap germs

when you cough or sneeze

bin used tissues

as quickly as possible

 

 

 

How to prevent catching a cold

 

A person with a cold can start spreading it

from a few days before their symptoms begin

until the symptoms have finished.

 

 

 

The best ways to avoid catching a cold are:

washing your hands with warm water and soap

 

not sharing towels

or household items (like cups)

with someone who has a cold

 

not touching your eyes or nose

in case you have come

into contact with the virus

– it can infect the body this way

 

staying fit and healthy

 

The flu vaccine helps prevent flu

but not colds.

- 20 May 2020

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/common-cold/

 

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/common-cold/

 

 

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/
understanding-common-cold-virus

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_virus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

statistics about water and hygiene

In hospitals around the world

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/04/03/
709461530/shocking-new-statistics-about-water-and-hygiene-in-hospitals-around-the-world

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sanitation        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/sanitation

 

 

https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/09/24/
why-it-is-so-hard-to-fix-indias-sanitation

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/13/
akshay-kumar-toilet-isnt-a-dirty-word-my-latest-film-made-me-love-the-loo

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/24/
eight-ways-to-make-innovation-work-for-water-and-sanitation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sanitation crisis        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/nov/13/
akshay-kumar-toilet-isnt-a-dirty-word-my-latest-film-made-me-love-the-loo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

universal sanitation        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/
937945160/waste-activist-digs-into-the-sanitation-crisis-affecting-the-rural-poor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

waste        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/
937945160/waste-activist-digs-into-the-sanitation-crisis-affecting-the-rural-poor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

feces        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/
937945160/waste-activist-digs-into-the-sanitation-crisis-affecting-the-rural-poor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rural America > rural sanitation crisis > waste sanitation, septic system        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/
937945160/waste-activist-digs-into-the-sanitation-crisis-affecting-the-rural-poor

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/
books/review/waste-catherine-coleman-flowers.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 systems for managing wastewater        USA

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/
books/review/waste-catherine-coleman-flowers.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA > hookworm        USA

- a tropical parasite

thought to be eradicated from the country

with the advent of modern plumbing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/
books/review/waste-catherine-coleman-flowers.html

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/
937945160/waste-activist-digs-into-the-sanitation-crisis-affecting-the-rural-poor

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/
books/review/waste-catherine-coleman-flowers.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

raw sewage        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jul/31/
children-swim-sewage-floods-gaza-beach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

raw sewage        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/
937945160/waste-activist-digs-into-the-sanitation-crisis-affecting-the-rural-poor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sewage treatmennt        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/23/
937945160/waste-activist-digs-into-the-sanitation-crisis-affecting-the-rural-poor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

water        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/15/
people-are-more-scared-of-hunger-coronavirus-is-just-one-more-threat-in-nigeria

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/24/
eight-ways-to-make-innovation-work-for-water-and-sanitation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

water access / access to water        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/access-to-water

 

 

Coronavirus en Costa Rica:

en qué se basa su exitosa estrategia para contenerlo | BBC Mundo

video - BBC News Mundo - 5 May 2020 - Spanish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hsbyQAQcWw

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/apr/07/
clean-water-everyone-sdg-failure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

water supply        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/27/
improve-water-supply-in-poorer-nations-to-cut-plastic-use-say-experts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA > water insecurity        UK

Unaffordable water bills and the threat of disconnection

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/17/
us-water-bills-psychological-distress-study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

water in development        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/
global-development-professionals-network/series/water-in-development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

water quality / water pollution        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/jun/02/
china-water-dangerous-pollution-greenpeace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

water > cholera        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/04/13/
150302830/water-in-the-time-of-cholera-haitis-most-urgent-health-problem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

clean water        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/apr/24/
matt-damon-children-are-drinking-water-so-dirty-it-looks-like-chocolate-milk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

water scarcity        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/mar/22/
world-water-day-one-in-four-children-will-live-with-water-scarcity-by-2040-unicef-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

slums        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2018/may/10/
dignity-community-hope-haiti-jalousie-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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