International hygiene resources
80% of 5.000 repondets say that they are washing their hands more often now than before the swine flu outbreak. TV and radio is the number one source of information about the swine flu. More than half of the respondents haven’t changed their travel habits after the outbreak. As many as 60,7% think that people should stay at home if they are sick so as not to risk infecting colleagues. Source: Hygiene Matters 2010 - the SCA Hygiene Report
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| Hygiene Matters SCAs report with focus on the hygiene situation in nine countries.  www.hygienematters.com (English, Swedish) | ||
| Shape SCA’s free magazine on trends, markets and business with focus on hygiene and paper. www.sca.com/shape (English, Swedish) | ||
| Global Health Council The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. Publishes the Global Health magazine. www.globalhealth.org (English) | ||
| World Health Organization (WHO) WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. Comprehensive collection of data and statistics on this matter. www.who.int (English, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabian and Chinese | ||
| Right for Hygiene The Right for Hygiene Programme was launched by EDANA in 2007 to promote the benefits of absorbent hygiene products and personal care wet wipes. www.right4hygiene.eu (English) | ||
| Global Hygiene Council The Hygiene Council is an initiative bringing together leading global experts in the field of microbiology, virology, infectious diseases, immunology, and public health. Keep an eye on the leaflets "Good hygiene in practice" and "Setting the hygiene standards". www.hygienecouncil.com (English, German; Italian and Arabian to follow) | ||
| European Cleaning Journal Pan-European magazine for the professional cleaning sector. www.europeancleaningjournal.com (English) | ||
Statistics |
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| European Health Interview & Health Examination Surveys Database Inventory of national and multi-country health surveys implemented in EU Member States as well as EFTA countries, EU Candidate Countries and USA, Canada and Australia. https://hishes.iph.fgov.be (English) | ||
| NationMaster Massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. www.nationmaster.com (English) | ||
| Eurostat The European Commission’s statistics experts Eurostat offers a whole range of important and interesting data that governments, businesses, the education sector, journalists and the public can use for their work and daily life. ec.europa.eu/eurostat (English) | ||
| OECD’s statistics portal OECD brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world. www.oecd.org (English, French) | ||
| Google flu trends Search engine Google's service to track flu trends in 121 cities. www.google.org/flutrends/ (your local language) | ||
Incontinence |
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| TENA SCA brand TENA’s web site with exhaustive information on what is causing bladder weakness, different types of incontinence, how to get help, exercises, testimonials, discussion forum, possibility to ask experts etc. www.tena.com (English, German, French, Mandarin, Russian and other 30 languages) | ||
| World Federation of Incontinence Patients (WFIP) Global non-profit association for people with incontinence and related pelvic floor disorders and their respective national associations; Organising the World Continence Week (for the first time in 2009); Market research on incontinence among women in France, the Netherlands and Poland. www.wfip.org (English) | ||
| Global Forum on Incontinence (GFI) The Global Forum on Incontinence (GFI) an international platform for debate and shared insight into incontinence. www.globalforumincontinence.com (English) | ||
| UroToday Global news about urological diseases. www.urotoday.com (English) | ||
| International Continence Society (ICS) The primary interest of the International Continence Society is to study storage and voiding function of the lower urinary tract, its diagnosis and the management of lower urinary tract dysfunction, and to encourage research into pathophysiology, diagnostic techniques and treatment. www.icsoffice.org (English | ||
| The Society for Pediatric Urology The Society for Pediatric Urology is a non-profit society whose main purpose is to promote pediatric urology, appropriate practice, education as well as exchanges between practitioners involved in the treatment of genito urinary disorders in children. www.spuonline.org (English) | ||
| Malecare Prostate cancer treatment, symptoms and support groups. www.malecare.com (English, Spanish, French, Spanish, Italien, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Hebrew) | ||
| Living with prostate cancer A blog by savvy prostate cancer reader, writer and spouse, Leah. prostatecancerblog.net (English) | ||
Feminine care |
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Libresse / Bodyform / Nana / Nuvenia / Libra / Lifestryle / Lili / Nosotras SCA brand Libresse’s web site with general information on women’s health with focus on menstruation, expert advices, discussion forum, product offerings etc. www.libresse.com (English, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, French and many more) | |
| Gender, Women & Health WHO’s programme to advocate gender equality in health for women and men around the world. www.who.int/gender/en/ (English, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, Arabian) | ||
| International Women’s health Coalition (IWHC) The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) promotes and protects the sexual and reproductive rights and health (SRRH) of all women and young people, particularly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, by helping to develop effective health and population policies, programs, and funding. www.iwhc.org (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese) | ||
| Center for Health and Gender Equity The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) is a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization whose mission is to ensure that U.S. international policies and programs promote sexual and reproductive health within a human rights framework of women and girls worldwide. www.genderhealth.org (English) | ||
| PAHO’s gender, ethnicity and health unit (GH) Seeks to identify and reduce the inequities between women and men of all ethnic groups with regard to health status and its determinants, access to and quality of health care, and participation in decision-making regarding policy agendas, definition of priorities, and allocation of resources. Different health news alerts and bulletins, statistics and interactive data maps. www.paho.org (English, Spanish) | ||
| Women Deliver Women Deliver is a landmark global conference that will focus on creating political will to save the lives and improve the health of women, mothers, and newborn babies around the world. Facts and figures on maternal and reproductive health, gender equity, girls’ education etc. www.womendeliver.org (English) | ||
| Womanlab A multilingual database offering high quality information on the menopause for women and health professionals. Developed as part of the EC funded WOMAN project. www.womanlab.com (English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish and many more) | ||
| ActionAid ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. www.actionaid.org (English) | ||
| Maternal health task force Contributes to shaping collective efforts to improve maternal health worldwide. Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Task Force serves as a catalyst to address one of the most neglected areas in global health. www.maternalhealthtaskforce.org (English) | ||
Baby & mother care |
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| Libero / Up&Go SCA brand Libero’s web site with exhaustive information for parents waiting for a child or having a child. www.libero.com (English, French, Swedish, Russian, Italian and many more) | ||
| ChildInfo UNICEF’s web page monitoring the situation of children and women with country data about water, sanitation, maternal health etc. www.childinfo.org (English) | ||
| The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing with Soap Look under “Public Hygiene” | ||
| Children and water – global statistics UNICEF:s figures, action points, news, publications and links www.unicef.org/wash/index_31600.html (English, French, Spanish, Arabian, Chinese) | ||
Public & hand hygiene |
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| Sustainable Sanisation Alliance (SuSanA) The SuSanA is a loose network of organisations working along the same lines, and open to others who want to join and be active in the promotion of sustainable sanitation systems. www.susana.org (English, Spanish, French) | ||
| IFH Home Hygiene & Health Online portal of the International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene dedicated to the science and practice of home hygiene. Download “Hygiene for health” and “Home hygiene” brochures. www.ifh-homehygiene.org (English) | ||
| Hygiene-educ.com Insitut Pasteur’s hygiene facts and fun for children with funny games, history of hygiene, different topics (everyday hygiene, hygiene at home, food hygiene, personal hygiene, hygiene and pets). www.hygiene-educ.com (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian) | ||
| World Toilet Organization World Toilet Organization (WTO) is a global non- profit organization committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. Organises World Toilet Summit & Expo, the World Toilet College. World Toilet Day and Gift a toilet. www.worldtoilet.org (English) | ||
| Toilet Word Glossary with translations for “toilet” in many languages as well as synonyms and their origins en.wtaa.or.kr (English) | ||
| Toilet is great Useful information, interesting facts, humor and of course great pictures about the most untalken subject in the human history. toilet.isgreat.org (English) | ||
| WC international Funny blog guide to toilets in the whole world. wcinternational.blogspot.com (English, French) | ||
| Tork Away From Home products and services for personal hygiene, for wiping, cleaning and polishing applications in industry, table napkins and specific healthcare products. Don’t miss the hygiene quiz, a comparative study of three different hand drying methods, hygiene facts, case studies etc. www.sca-tork.com (English, French, Spanish, German, Swedish and many more) | ||
| Sanitation Updates Blog maintained by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and by USAID’s Environmental Health knowledge management activity and the Hygiene Improvement Project. It was originally set up to promote the 2008 International Year of Sanitation and continues to provide news, information and resources in support of achieving the goal of sanitation for all. Don’t miss the list of sanitation reports. sanitationupdates.wordpress.com (English) | ||
| Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP) The Hygiene Improvement Project is a USAID-funded program that works at scale to improve and sustain hygiene practices. www.hip.watsan.net (English) | ||
| World Bank’s water and sanitation program (WSP) The Water and Sanitation Program is a multi-donor partnership administered by the World Bank. Our goal is to help the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services (WSS). www.wsp.org (English) | ||
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| Outbreak Control When an illness begins to spread in your community, you need quick, reliable answers to protect your customers, employees and family. OutbreakControl.com is a comprehensive resource for the information you need. www.outbreakcontrol.com (English) | ||
| Must Wash Hands Resource for photos about bathroom signage since 2008. mustwashhands.blogspot.com (English) | ||
| Worlds Largest Toilet Queue The World’s Longest Toilet Queue is a mass mobilisation event and Guinness World Record attempt bringing together thousands of campaigners from across the world to demand real change at the meeting. www.worldtoiletqueue.org (English) | ||
Water |
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| Global Water Partnership (GWP) Collaboration between the World Bank, UNDP and Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) to foster integrated water resources management. www.gwpforum.org (English) | ||
| Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is a global multi-stakeholder partnership organisation that works to improve the lives of poor people. WSSCC enhances collaboration among sector agencies and professionals around sanitation and water supply and contributes to the broader goals of poverty eradication, health and environmental improvement, gender equality and long-term social and economic development. www.wsscc.org (English, French, Spanish) | ||
| International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) Bridges the knowledge gap and joint learning with partners for improved, low-cost water supply, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries. www.irc.nl (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese) | ||
| Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) International organization to promote women’s and men’s equitable access to safe and adequate water. www.genderandwater.org (English, French, Spanish, French, Arabian, Portuguese) | ||
| UNESCO Water Portal The UNESCO Water Portal’s objective is to improve access to information on freshwater on the web. www.unesco.org/water/ (English, French, Spanish) | ||
| World Water Council / Forum The World Water Council is an international multi-stakeholder platform. It was established in 1996 on the initiative of renowned water specialists and international organizations, in response to an increasing concern about world water issues from the global community. www.worldwatercouncil.org (English, French, Russian) | ||
| Water Monitoring Alliance Initiative of organisations involved in collection, analysis, reporting and dissemination of information on water. Resource library, event calendar, country and region profiles etc. www.watermonitoringalliance.net (English, French, Spanish) | ||
| WaterAid WaterAid is an international charity with the mission to overcome poverty by enabling the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. Great learn zone for both primary and secondary school students. Low cost toilet flipbook. www.wateraid.org (English) | ||
| Environmental Health USAid’s web site about water, sanitation, health and the environment with environmental health reports, , manuals, guidelines, updates, newsletters, a bibliography on handwashing etc. www.ehproject.org (English | ||
| The right to water Campaign site to install the right to water as a human right. www.righttowater.info (English) | ||
| Freshwater Action Network (FAN) Freshwater Action Network (FAN) is a major network of civil society organisations (CSOs) implementing and influencing water and sanitation policy and practice. www.freshwateraction.net (English) | ||
| water.org Water.org is challenging the traditional approach to assisting people in developing countries. Our goals are to draw attention to the world’s number one health problem, unsafe and inadequate water supplies, and to raise funds to help fight this immense problem – one community at a time. www.water.org (English) | ||
| Water Conserve Water conservation portal and search engine. www.waterconserve.org (English) |
PUBLISHED 2009.09.26
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