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How Storytelling and Games Can Promote Hand Washing Among Youth?
Ernest Nyame (2017), an IFRC Global Innovation Pioneer Story Hand washing with Ananse (HWWA) is a health educational game designed to engage children in school through storytelling, songs, dance, acting, and play. It seeks to generate a desire to wash their hands with...
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The outstanding innovation for quick response developed by the Canadian Red Cross
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Who won this multi-million dollar funding for this development data innovation?
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