2009-11-19 | 2.5 billion people worldwide lack access to proper sanitation. SCA is launching the hygiene reference site hygienematters.com and the photo contest Shoot-a-toilet to remind us why hygiene matters.
Both hygienematters.com and Shoot-a-toilet are backing up SCA’s report on the hygiene situation in nine countries*, Hygiene Matters! The edition for 2010 will be published in December 2009.
hygienematters.com
The fresh hygiene reference site offers both facts and fun and is an entrance to hygiene related information all over the world. On hygienematters.com you can
- Read/download Hygiene Matters!
Report.
- Answer the hygiene question of the month. Question of the month.
- Read hygiene news from all over the world and in local languages. News.
- Check the calendar for hygiene-related events. Calendar.
- Search country-specific statistics, facts, projects, organisations, blogs etc. Resources.
- Play online hygiene games. Goodies.
hygienematters.com takes a wider approach on “hygiene” including incontinence, feminine care, women’s health, baby care & parenting, food safety, hands hygiene, hygiene in public rooms and access to water.
Shoot-a-toilet
Just shoot a picture of your favourite toilet – maybe the freshest, most stylish, most innovative or most odd you have ever seen. Upload your image/s to www.hygienematters.com/shootatoilet and win a digital camera and a one year’s supply of toilet tissue.
The best contributions may become the base for a global toilet guide.
* Australia, China, Germany, France, Mexico, Russia, Sweden, UK and USA.
Text Konstantin C Irina