Every year, SIWI educates thousands of participants around the world about water and health through its free online courses. One example of this is a course on infection prevention and control (IPC) that SIWI launched together with GIZ and UNDP Cap-Net.

The course increases a country’s resilience to health crises such as COVID-19, by putting emphasis on the relevance of IPC to school operations and the implementation of IPC measures in schools including improved WASH. The course was implemented in several countries during 2023, such as, Cambodia, Malawi, and the Philippines.

In the Philippines, the only country where full data is available, over 55,000 teachers and schools’ personnel have completed the course, with 79.3% rating it as excellent.