A global approach  to developing effective, resilient and sustainable hygiene behaviour in the community to reduce spread of hygiene-related disease.  

The aim of this document is to set out the scientific arguments for adopting a risk management approach to public hygiene behaviour and how this enables us to develop an effective and sustainable strategy, together with a means of communicating with the public that develops effective hygiene behaviour. It also enables development of hygiene resilience, i.e. tailoring hygiene advice to meet the widely differing needs of different settings and different situations.

This policy document is an update of a previous 2024 strategy document entitled: Developing public hygiene resilience to reduce community-based infections and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics: a strategy for action