The Compendium of Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies is a comprehensive and systematic compilation of the most relevant sector-reviewed components, tools, methods and approaches to design and implement successful hygiene promotion (HP) and behaviour change interventions. It is applicable to all critical hygiene behaviours across all response phases. It is not intended to be a ‘How To’ guide but to provide a single source of the available guidance and to summarise key concepts and good practice.

The target audience includes humanitarian staff, local first responders, engineers, planners, hygiene promoters, communications and community engagement professionals, government representatives, academic institutions, capacity strengthening agencies and other WASH professionals involved in humanitarian response, preparedness, stabilisation and recovery activities.

This publication has been developed to support those working in humanitarian assistance where resources, including time, may be limited due to the urgency of their work. It is intended to support decision making and is a complement to, not a substitute for, sound professional judgement. The authors and publishers do not guarantee and accept no legal liability of whatever nature arising from or connected to the content of this publication.

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Gensch, R., Ferron, S., Sandison, P., Bindel, A., Coerver, A., Cottafavi, L., Deniel, K., Ewers, L., Friedrich, M., Harter, M., Hoffmann, O., Lloyd, A., Machado, A., Shrinivasan, S., Vallis, S. (2022). Compendium of Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies 1st Edition German WASH Network (GWN), Global WASH Cluster (GWC), Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) and International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

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