Global Hand Washing Day 2018 State Report: Uttar Pradesh 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 Lucknow Division Lucknow Division Chitrakut Mirzapur Division Mirzapur Faizabad Division Faizabad Varanasi Division Varanasi Aligarh Division Aligarh Kanpur Division Kanpur Bareily Division Bareily Meerut Division Meerut Kasganj 65000 Jhansi Division Jhansi Basti Division Basti Agra Division Agra Maharahganj 205987 Moradabad… Saharanpur… Gorakhpur… 122952 Chandauli day. distri 64 Total state. the This is noticeable that Uttar Pradesh has exhibited an Report: State Hand Global Azamgarh… Allahabad… Devipatan… Jaunpur 468882 Divison Sultanpur 369340 Ambedkr Nagar 52840 the participatio signify figure above The Gonda 138724 Faizabad 176525 celebration ofGHWD 2018 - Lakhimpur Khiri 450460 wise Participationof Facilities in Pratapgarh 251329 Amethi 23075 W Uttar Pradesh Uttar Sharavasti 149945 Day ashing Balrampur 272060 Bahraich 32225 Mau 225760 Azamgarh 367322 Hardoi 41370 c ts 216611 Sitapur of - Barabanki 240650 District 15th 15th Sonbhadra 302950 state the Bhadohi 344518 Mainpuri 149339 333975 2018 October Mirzapur - Aligarh 235409 wise in person celebrants ofGHWD,2018 celebrated GHD celebrated School of No. celebrated GHD celebrated GP's/Villages No.of GHD celebrated AWC's of No. Hathras 187930 has Farrukabad 130950 Chitrakoot 172421 contributed significa contributed Firozabad 314927 Bulandshahar 90258 level. at various state the across n in GHWD Prayagraj 290250 Fatehpur 258464 Kausambi 104774 Meerut 138955 Moradabad Division Moradabad Division Saharanpur Gorakhpur Division Gorakhpur Sultanpur 72980 Azamgarh Division Azamgarh Allahabad Division Allahabad Division Devipatan exemplary Chitrakut Division Chitrakut Lucknow Division Lucknow Mirzapur Division Mirzapur Faizabad Division Faizabad Varanasi Division Varanasi Bareilly 311125 Aligarh Division Aligarh Kanpur Division Kanpur Bareily Division Bareily Meerut Division Meerut Jhansi Division Jhansi Pilibhit 240420 Basti Division Basti Agra Division Agra Budaun 262700 Varanasi 570124 Division Ghazipur 52470 observed and ntly Gorakhpur 262543 Sambhal 205260 participation in GHWD 2018 across Deoria 170838 GHWD GHWD differentat sites Kushinagar 366562 - wise person's participation in Saharanpur 218576 Unnao 127523 Gazipur 54711 Moradabad 58400 Hapur 27110 Gautambuddha nagar 10902 the Basti 256734 Sant Kabir Nagar 85443 Bijnor 52111 wash hand Global Mujaffarnagar 235352 Siddharth Nagar 138873 Mathura 113189 Baghpat 79408 Shahjahanpur 12750 Barabanki 239238 celebrated community from persons of no. Total celebrated facility health in Persons celebrated AWC in Persons celebrated School in Persons Jhansi 66414 Auraiya 61140 Sambhal 32160 Rampur 74302 Muradabad 170566 Mahoba 11010 Shamli 49915 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 Global Hand Washing Day - 15th October 2018 State Report: Uttar Pradesh GHWD Photos & Media Coverage Students performing hand-washing at school Soap bank initiated at school Students learning hand washing at school Global Hand Washing Day - 15th October 2018 State Report: Uttar Pradesh .