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Orientation to TEACH CLEAN Myanmar

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Dr Liz Goodburn and Professor Wendy Graham made a joint visit to Myanmar in January 2019 in support of the partnership with WaterAid Myanmar and Jhpiego for the Australian Government funded Water for Women (WfW) Project: Supporting Safer Births in Myanmar. During their visit they supported a demonstration of the TEACH CLEAN package. Myanmar based […]

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Fecundity in Art

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Dr Vincent Fauveau has been a champion for improving maternal health throughout his international professional career. He has worked in a wide range of countries and organisations including MSF, ICDDRB, Save the Children, and UNFPA. Vincent was one of the pioneering group of academics that initiated maternal health research at the London School of Hygiene […]

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TEACH CLEAN in Action in Tanzania – Training the Trainers

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Currently in the maternity units of three busy hospitals in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, data collectors are measuring how well cleaners are performing their job and how clean the environment is for patients; this is the CLEAN study. It includes the implementation of the TEACH CLEAN training package plus the first formal evaluation of how […]

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Measuring WASH in Maternity Units

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In 2015, WHO and UNICEF reported on the status of WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) in healthcare facilities (HCFs) in 54 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). They found that 38% of HCFs do not provide users access to an improved water source, 19% do not provide improved sanitation, and 35% do not have soap for […]

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An invisible workforce: the neglected role of cleaners in patient safety on maternity units

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Deliveries in health institutions have now reached 75% globally, and in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) the corresponding increased pressure on facilities has impacted both the quality of care provided and the hygiene standards of the birth environment. From our inception in 2012, Soapbox has set out to understand the drivers of poor hygiene […]

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What We Do

Hundreds of thousands of mothers and babies die each year in developing countries due...

Soapbox Action

We support the following types of activities: Training – Soapbox Action works with existing in-service...

Soapbox Know-How

There are three main areas of work: Monitoring & evaluation – Soapbox Know-How promotes the...

Safe Birth

Nearly half a million women and newborn babies lose their lives due to infections every year

WASH & CLEAN

Severe infection is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths. More than two out of five maternal deaths occur within 24 hours due to haemorrhage or infection.

Newborn Safety

Infection is responsible for 19% of deaths in newborns in low-income countries