Parasitology supports Global Handwashing Day
15 October 2025
Last update: 15/10/25 14:57
Clean Hands, Healthy Lives: Supporting Global Handwashing Day 2025 with Parasitology
Every year on 15 October, Global Handwashing Day reminds us of the critical role hand hygiene plays in protecting health and preventing disease. The 2025 theme, “It Might Be Gloves. It’s Always Hand Hygiene,” reinforces that even when gloves are used, hand hygiene remains essential.
This message, as part of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign, underscores that gloves are not a substitute for clean hands. Proper handwashing and disinfection remain fundamental to preventing healthcare-associated infections, curbing the spread of pathogens, and reducing environmental waste linked to unnecessary glove use.
As a leading journal in the field, Parasitology continues to highlight research that deepens understanding of infection prevention, disease transmission, and public health awareness.
New Research Spotlight
To mark Global Handwashing Day 2025, Parasitology has added four new papers to its curated “Hand Hygiene and Infection Prevention” article collection. Together, these studies explore the biological, social, and historical dimensions of infectious disease and its control:
- Neglected yet pervasive: Echinococcosis awareness and prevention capacity in Kyrgyzstan
Investigates the gaps in awareness and prevention of echinococcosis in rural communities, underscoring the importance of hygiene education and local health initiatives. - Incorporating the gender dimension into infectious disease research: How is Parasitology progressing?
Examines how integrating gender perspectives improves understanding of disease dynamics and the effectiveness of public health interventions. - History of Entamoebiasis
Traces the historical trajectory of Entamoeba research, from early discoveries to modern diagnostic approaches, showing how far hygiene and sanitation have come in reducing parasitic disease burden. - Burden and distribution of cystic echinococcosis in Bhutan: A retrospective study
Provides new insights into the epidemiology of echinococcosis in Bhutan, emphasizing surveillance and public health education as key prevention tools.
Explore the Collection
Parasitology’s Hand Hygiene and Infection Prevention Collection brings together cutting-edge research that supports the global movement to strengthen hygiene, safety, and sustainable health practices.
Related Posts
Wisconsin’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic – Now updated
From time to time, until the crisis has passed, the HEPL blog series authors will be given the opportunity to provide short updates on their country/region’s continuing response to this worldwide catastrophe and their further reflections on those responses. Each update will be labelled accordingly with the original response at the bottom of each post. […]
Parasitology Celebrates Global Handwashing Day
October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Parasitology’s Editors have created a collection of freely available papers highlighting the importance of this issue and discussing the wider […]
Where Physical and Digital Worlds Collide
In this blog for Data-Centric Engineering, Paul Clarke (Chief Technology Officer at Ocado) documents Ocado’s journey with building synthetic models of its business, its platforms and its underlying technologies, including the use of simulations, emulations, visualisations and digital twins. He explores the potential benefits of digital twins, including the opportunities for creating digital twins at […]
International Women’s Day 2020: Influential women in STEM
International Women’s Day 2020 falls on Sunday, 8th March this year. In the run up to this date, each week day we’ll be highlighting one woman whose accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics not only elevated their fields but also took us one step closer to a gender-equal world. We hope you’ll join us […]
;
