Did you know that humans touch their face so much, it actually makes them sick? No really, nearly 80% of illness-causing germs are spread by your hands and various objects you touch on a daily basis.
Perhaps you probably had idea at all, but the 15th of October 2022 is Global Handwashing Day - a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives in the process.
In addition, handwashing with soap and water is simple and inexpensive, and can significantly reduce the number of young children (in particular) who get sick. During the COVID-19 pandemic, personal hygienic practices, especially handwashing with soap, became one of the key life-saving behaviours.
The first Global Handwashing Day took place in 2008, when over 120-million children around the world washed their hands with soap in more than 70 countries. Since then, the day has been celebrated while also serving as a bookmark for practicing safer hygiene.
Did you know that:
Perhaps you probably had idea at all, but the 15th of October 2022 is Global Handwashing Day - a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives in the process.
In addition, handwashing with soap and water is simple and inexpensive, and can significantly reduce the number of young children (in particular) who get sick. During the COVID-19 pandemic, personal hygienic practices, especially handwashing with soap, became one of the key life-saving behaviours.
The first Global Handwashing Day took place in 2008, when over 120-million children around the world washed their hands with soap in more than 70 countries. Since then, the day has been celebrated while also serving as a bookmark for practicing safer hygiene.
Did you know that:
- Washing hands with soap and water could reduce deaths from diarrheal disease by up to 50%.
- If everyone routinely washed their hands, 1-million deaths a year could be prevented.
- A large percentage of foodborne disease outbreaks are spread by contaminated hands.
- Handwashing can reduce the risk of respiratory illnesses, like colds, in the general population by 16–21%.
- Germs can survive for up to three hours on your hands and the umber of germs on your fingertips doubles after you use the toilet.
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