Annual 5 May Advocacy Toolkit

Overview

Hand hygiene is not a luxury. Campaigning gives WHO an amazing opportunity to talk to a worldwide audience. Infection prevention and control (IPC), which includes hand hygiene, is fundamental to safe and effective health care systems. Hand hygiene is relevant to all health workers, patients and their families at every single health care encounter. It contributes to quality universal health coverage, meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.8 and also strongly supports the water, sanitation, hygiene and health (WASH) and global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) agendas.

WHO has been campaigning on hand hygiene since 2009, and develops new products and resources every year that can be used within health care settings to support local action.

This toolkit is aimed at all health care workers who plan to undertake hand hygiene campaign activities on or around 5 May every year. It provides a framework for advocacy, as well as guidance on how to develop campaign materials at the local level.