Global Handwashing Day
Global Handwashing Day is a campaign to motivate and mobilize millions around the world to wash their hands with soap [1]. The initiative was made at the annual World Water Week 2008, which was held in Stockholm from August 17 to 23 and inititated the Public Private Partnership for Handwashing (PPPHW). The Global Handwashing Day will take place for the first time on October 15 2008, the date appointed by UN General Assembly in accordance with year 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation [2].
Background
The campaign was initiated to reduce mortality rates related to diarrhea diseases by introducing a simple behavioral changes, such as hand washing with soap, which according to research can reduce the happening by almost 50 per cent [3].
The organizations leading the Global Handwashing Day efforts are part of the Global PPPHW and include (but are not limited to) the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP/World Bank), UNICEF, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USAID through the Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP), Procter and Gamble and Unilever[4].
References
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- ^ Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead. Effect of washing hands with soap on diarrhoea risk in the community: a systematic review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases , Volume 3 , Issue 5 , Pages 275 - 281 V . Curtis , S . Cairncross
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