After 4.5 years, the Hands4health project came to an end. On June 17-18, 2025, the consortium came together for one last time in its current form to reflect on its journey, share learnings, and chart a way forward. Co-organized with the Swiss Water & Sanitation Consortium (SWSC), a WASH Symposium took place at the FHNW Campus in Muttenz, Switzerland, gathering partners, practitioners, government representatives, and researchers from across the globe. Insights from the Hands4health project were shared and interlinkages with SWSC activities shown.
The symposium was not only a celebration of past achievements but also a call to carry forward the achievements, partnerships, and momentum built over the past 4.5 years.
Read more about the symposium here.
More information related to the hands4health project:
- TRANSFORM hands4health: first stakeholder workshop held
- Clean your hands – SAVE LIVES
- 10 RanasEXPERTS bring behaviour change into health care facilities and schools
- RANAS at UNC Water and Health Conference 2023
- Ranas project website
Picture: Members of the hands4health consortium. From left to right: Maher Jabari, Hassan Sawalha (both Palestine Polytechnic University), Aboubacar Ballo (Terres des hommes Mali & Swiss Water and Sanitation Consortium), Anais Galli (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Carola Bänziger (FHNW), Bruno Pascual (top, Terres des hommes), Mamadou Sory Keita (below, Ministry of Health Mali), Angelica Wehrli (Skat Foundation), Hassane Dembele (Terres des hommes Mali), Sébastien Mercier (Terres des hommes), Yaman Abuzahra (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Matthias Saladin (Skat Foundation), Zainab Abdulkarim (Terres des hommes Nigeria), Kamboulbe Dah (Terres des hommes Burkina Faso), Andrea Tamas (Ranas & FHNW), Maryna Peter (FHNW), Umar Goni (Ministry of Education Nigeria). Missing partners: EPFL, Martin Systems, Cesvi, University of Maiduguri Nigeria.
