tippy tap

plural tippy taps

1. alternativeAlternative form of tippy-tap.

   The modern NTD effort includes tangible solutions—pills, surgeries, tippy taps, bed nets—as well as questions without simple answers.

   2019, Ellen Agler, Mojie Crigler, Under the Big Tree: Extraordinary Stories from the Movement to End Neglected Tropical Diseases, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 94

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   Tippy taps are a simple, low-cost technology that has been used widely in sub-Saharan Africa to establish handwashing stations at schools.

   2015, Matthew C. Freeman, “Water in Schools”, in Jamie Bartram, editor, Routledge Handbook of Water and Health, Routledge, →ISBN

   In order to make handwashing easier and more attractive, a number of handwashing station models have been deployed to the field. These include handwashing bags, tippy taps, and buckets with lids and taps (e.g., the Oxfam bucket and Handy Wash).

   2018, Nicole Weber, Anu Rajasingham, Molly Patrick, Andrea Martinsen, Thomas Handzel, “Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)”, in David Townes, Mike Gerber, Mark Anderson, editors, Health in Humanitarian Emergencies: Principles and Practice for Public Health and Healthcare Practitioners, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 150, column 2