Global Hand Washing Day 2018 State Report: Uttar Pradesh

Global Hand Washing Day 2018

Global Hand Washing Day - 15th October 2018 State Report: Uttar Pradesh

Global Hand washing Day is on October 15th. The day is marked by worldwide celebrations, events, and advocacy campaigns. This year in 2018, more than 11.6 million people promoted the simple, life- saving act of hand washing with soap on Global Hand washing Day across the state. The day was founded by the Global Hand washing Partnership in 2008 to help communities, advocates, and leaders spread the word about hand washing with soap. This year’s Global Hand washing Day theme, “Clean Hands – a recipe for health,” emphasizes the linkages between hand washing and food. Hand washing is an important part of keeping food safe, preventing diseases, and helping children grow strong. Yet, hand washing is not practiced as consistently or as thoroughly as it should be. Diarrheal disease limits the body’s ability to absorb nutrition from food and is a major cause of death in low resource settings. Hand washing with soap is an effective way to prevent these losses. Global Hand washing Day raises awareness of the importance of hand washing and encourages action to promote and sustain hand washing habits. Organizations and individuals can celebrate Global Hand washing Day by planning an event, participating in a digital campaign, or simply spreading the word about the importance of hand washing. UNICEF Support:  Mobilised state and district team in planning & designing of Global Hand wash Day 2018  Facilitated rally, Soap bank and other events related to GHWD at District level. Apart from it, Promotion of soap bank has been demonstrated in Bhadohi and Lakhimpur districts and same is being replicated in many districts  State level facilitation in designing IEC, arrangement of resource person for orientation and media promotion of GHWD-2018  40 UNICEF focused Districts has been covered by Divisional coordinators (UNICEF) and 8 NGO partners in Global hand wash day- 2018. Key activities: Administrative level Institution level Community level . Developed five day . Five day institutional WASH . Mobilised young children, institutional WASH related activity schedule natural leaders and nigrani curriculum integrating developed and organized in samitis for the community level the hand-washing with schools of entire district. The activities. soap. activity schedule included- . Sanitation rally at village level . Orientation of nodal essay competition, painting . Demonstration of key steps of teachers, block and competition, quiz competition, hand washing district level nodal sanitation rally and exhibitions . Awareness creation on hand officers on GHWD and etc. washing steps during critical steps of hand-washing . Demonstration of hand- times. during critical times. washing in all schools and . Celebration of GHWD-2018 on . Government orders were AWCs 15th October 2018. issued for organizing . Practice sessions before GHWD 2018 GHWD. . GHWD-2018 celebration at all institution including schools, AWCs and HCs

Global Hand Washing Day - 15th October 2018 State Report: Uttar Pradesh

Persisting Barriers: The momentum built by the GHWD 2018 campaign will go a long way in making the efforts and impacts on sustainable sanitation but a few challenges which need to be kept in view are: . The basic infrastructures required at the institution level for the hand washing are still missing in many schools. Functional hand-pumps, running water, group hand washing units/washbasins, soap have to be made uniformly available in all schools. . Lack of focus on other age groups for instilling hand washing behaviours restricts the campaign to one segment of the population thus lacking scale and coverage. . Ad-hoc or irregular monthly reporting on hand washing from schools as well as AWCs. . Limited budgets for maintenance of WASH facilities and hand washing

Way Forward: The Global Hand-washing Day should be celebrated like a district/ state wide campaign for promoting messages of safe sanitation behaviours in institutions as well as in the community. In this regard, also ensure that all institutions have separate toilets with hand washing with soap facility catering to the needs for children with special needs. Some recommended actions are-  Propagate messages, information about proper hand washing procedures to the mother, children, health care providers and general public through training programmes, print media, electronic media and instructive pamphlets.  Ensure the sufficient availability of soap in all the institutions  Additionally, ensure monitoring of the practice of hand washing as well as availability of soap

TOTAL NO OF Status of GHWD 2018, Uttar Pradesh PERSONS PARTICIPATED 1,16,17,026

No of Persons Participated: 3,45,477

No of Persons Participated: 16,04,729 On the occasion of global hand washing day, Uttar Pradesh has demonstrated its participation very much, it is important that seventy five out of seventy five districts have sent a report of the events organized here. No of Persons Participated: 32,92,659

No of Persons Participated: 63,74,161

Global Hand Washing Day - 15th October 2018 State Report: Uttar Pradesh

This is noticeable that Uttar Pradesh has exhibited an exemplary participation in GHWD 2018 across the state. Total 64 districts of the state has contributed significantly and observed the Global hand wash day. The above figure signify the participation in GHWD across the state at various level.

District-wise in person celebrants of GHWD,2018

570124

468882

450460

369340

367322

366562

344518

333975

314927

311125

302950

290250

272060

262700

262543

258464

256734

251329

240650

240420

239238

235409 235352

225760

218576

216611

205987

205260

187930

176525

172421

170838

170566

149945

149339

138955 138873

138724

130950

127523

122952

113189

104774

90258

85443

79408

74302

72980

66414

65000

61140

58400

54711

52840

52470

52111

49915

41370

32225

32160

27110

23075

12750

10902 11010

Mau

Basti

Hapur

Jhansi

Bijnor

Gonda Unnao

Deoria

Hardoi

Shamli

Sitapur

Pilibhit

Amethi

Aligarh

Hathras

Budaun

Meerut

Jaunpur

Bareilly Gazipur Auraiya Rampur

Kasganj Mahoba

Baghpat

Mathura

Bhadohi

Sambhal Sambhal

Varanasi

Bahraich Faizabad

Mainpuri Mirzapur Ghazipur

Fatehpur

Prayagraj

Sultanpur Sultanpur

Kausambi

Chandauli Barabanki Barabanki

Sharavasti Azamgarh

Firozabad

Balrampur Sonbhadra Chitrakoot

Pratapgarh Gorakhpur

Farrukabad Saharanpur Moradabad Muradabad

Kushinagar

Maharahganj

Bulandshahar Shahjahanpur

Mujaffarnagar

Ambedkr Nagar

SiddharthNagar

Lakhimpur Khiri

SantKabir Nagar Gautambuddha nagar

Divison-wise Participation of Facilities in Division-wise person's participation in celebration of GHWD 2018 GHWD at different sites

Jhansi Division Jhansi Division

Chitrakut Division Chitrakut Division

Varanasi Division Varanasi Division

Mirzapur Division Mirzapur Division

Gorakhpur… Gorakhpur Division

Devipatan… Devipatan Division

Basti Division Basti Division Persons in Azamgarh… Azamgarh Division School celebrated Allahabad… No. of School Allahabad Division Kanpur Division celebrated GHD Kanpur Division Persons in Faizabad Division AWC Faizabad Division celebrated Lucknow Division Lucknow Division No. of AWC's Saharanpur… celebrated GHD Saharanpur Division Persons in Moradabad… health Moradabad Division facility celebrated Meerut Division Meerut Division

Bareily Division No.of Bareily Division Total no. of GP's/Villages persons from Aligarh Division celebrated GHD Aligarh Division community celebrated Agra Division Agra Division

Global Hand Washing Day - 15th October 2018 State Report: Uttar Pradesh

Top 5 Divisions in celebration of GHWD in terms of overall person's participation

12,14,428

10,05,930 9,81,443 8,62,430 8,35,964

Varanasi Division Gorakhpur Division Mirzapur Division Faizabad Division Lucknow Division

Top 5 Divisions in celebrations in GHWD in terms of Community level participation

3,83,910 3,39,847

2,44,237 2,29,750 2,08,400

Faizabad Division Gorakhpur Division Varanasi Division Mirzapur Division Bareily Division

Top 5 Divisions in celebrations of GHWD in terms of school level paticipation

5,98,043 5,79,482 5,72,478

4,66,350 4,47,437

Varanasi Division Gorakhpur Division Mirzapur Division Bareily Division Lucknow Division