Global Handwashing Day (GHD) is a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness about the importance of hand hygiene. The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role hand hygiene plays in disease transmission. It also reminds us of the need to build on the current momentum to make hand hygiene a mainstay in public health.
This fact sheet provides an overview on what this year’s theme means for hand washing advocacy and programming.
“The promotion and uptake of effective hand-washing practices are critical in ensuring the health of populations affected by emergencies and humanitarian crises.”
“Along with general public health benefits, hand-washing can reduce the risk of diarrhea disease by up to 50%.”
“Hand-washing with soap is recognised as an easy, effective and affordable method to protect and prevent disease transmission and should be achievable, even in emergency settings.”
"Hand-washing practices may be poor either due to a lack of knowledge regarding the benefits of hand-washing with soap or because basic materials and are not available."
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