Hand Hygiene Acceleration Framework Tool (HHAFT) - Excel tool

Overview

The HHAFT tracks the process that a government has undergone to develop and implement a plan of action for hand hygiene improvement and assesses the quality of that plan. It helps identify barriers, opportunities and priority actions for accelerating progress towards universal hand hygiene, and drive investment to these.

The HHAFT is designed to be used primarily at the national level, or at sub-national level, led by the lead government agency, in consultation with:

• Development agencies
• Non-governmental organizations
• Community-based organizations.

The HHAFT was developed by UNICEF, WHO and WaterAid in 2022 as part of the Hand Hygiene for All (HH4A) initiative and was first piloted in nine countries. Following the HH4A call to action in June 2020, for governments to lead accelerated progress towards universal hand hygiene by 2030, countries around the world initiated policy strengthening actions.

The HHAFT was designed to better understand this work.

Use of this common framework facilitates cross-country learning and exchange, and helps direct and coordinate global action.