UNICEF - State Handwashing Report.indd

Objectives Given the above context, the present attempt is to map the policy focus and the fi scal interventions on addressing the issue of hand hygiene in the state of Odisha – since 2017. [...] A review of select State schemes4 in the Departments of Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water, Health and Family Welfare, School and Mass Education, Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti for hand hygiene Department of Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water The Department other than implementing the JJM and SBM5 (CSS schemes) also implements the BASUDHA scheme. [...] Additionally, students should be encouraged to sanitize their hands when entering and leaving classrooms and toilets.11 Department of Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti The Department of WCD and Mission Shakti has a crucial role to play in the awareness and practice of hand hygiene behavior in the community. [...] These should be encouraged and supported by the state and district governments and to overall widen the scope and ambit of hand hygiene in the community. [...] The Planning and Convergence department or the Department of Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water in Odisha should be the nodal department to facilitate the process as well as oversee the convergence of hand hygiene amongst all the Departments.