Hygiene

Liberian Pastor Peter Flomo has seen the effect of Ebola in his own congregation. Now he’s on a mission to stop its spread with handwashing. He thinks a $15 plastic bucket filled with water and bleach may help.Liberian Pastor Peter Flomo has seen the effect of Ebola in his own congregation. Now he’s on a mission to stop its spread with handwashing. He thinks a $15 plastic bucket filled with water and bleach may help.

With easily preventable illnesses killing thousands of children every day, discarded hotel soaps can make the difference between health and deadly illness.

Advertising agencies enlisted to promote hand-washing in effort to reduce infant mortality around the world.

Every piece in Swept Away, an exhibition at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design, is made up made of dirt, dust, trash, or pollution.

The World’s Amy Bracken reports from Haiti on efforts to use composting toilets to address a host of public health and environmental problems. The story is the third part of this week’s Toilet Tales series.