Knowlex Webinar: Infection control educational resources for children and those living with dementia.
Online webinar with Knowlex featuring Prof Katie Laird and Prof Sarah Younie
Long time no see: Poliomyelitis is on its way back. Hand hygiene matters.
This year, outbreaks of poliomyelitis have been occurring in various countries (USA and Israel for instance) highlighting a potential come back of poliomyelitis. In the United Kingdom even though no poliomyelitis cases were observed, circulation of vaccine-derived poliovirus in London has been confirmed by the detection of polioviruses in sewage
Donate and Support A Germ's Journey
After being approached by numerous individuals about contributing to the project, we are now sharing our Just Giving page to allow A Germs Journey to continue it invaluable work in the area of health-hygiene education and reach even more countries.
New book developed for people living with dementia
The Germ's Journey team are excited to announce the development of a brand new book that has been specifically created for older people living with dementia to use alongside young children. Co-created alongside those living with dementia, nurses and researchers in the field, the aim of the book is to increase awareness of respiratory disease and improve infection prevention practices amongst both children and adults.
So far, over 1,500 books have been donated nationwide to care providers, local councils and governments to distribute to those living with dementia.
Free hand-hygiene workshops and resources
FREE Germ's Journey Train-the-Trainer workshops in Kettering, Northampton, and Birmingham
A Germ’s Journey Global Dialogue Newsdesk - 26th May 2021
From 9am BST Wednesday 26th May 2021
Follow on the A Germ’s Journey YouTube Live Stream.
A Germ’s Journey is hosting our first global newsdesk, an international dialogue about the challenge of supporting community relevant public health communications. The newsdesk will bring together community health and community media practitioners and advocates from around the world, so that we can share our experiences, insight and learning about how community-focussed communications practices for public health have been tested during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Praise for the new Bye Bye Germs: Be a Handwashing Super Hero book!
Our newly published book: Bye Bye Germs: Be a Handwashing Super Hero which was developed to teach children in a fun and engaging way about respiratory disease and the importance of handwashing has received great feedback from parents and teachers regarding its effectiveness!
Latest research paper published!
Our latest research on improving young children’s handwashing behaviour and understanding of germs has been published!
New research paper published!
We're excited to share our latest research article ‘Evaluating approaches to designing effective Co-Created hand-hygiene interventions for children in India, Sierra Leone and the UK’ published in PLOS ONE!
New Germ's Journey e-book!
Help your children to understand the spread of Coronavirus and the importance of handwashing in a fun and engaging way.
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