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2 - 31 st OCT 2024

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Wash Your Hands To Save Lives

Appropriate handwashing with soap or handwash removes bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens that can cause diseases like diarrhoea, pneumonia, and respiratory infections.

Here is a step-by-step guide to ideal hand-washing practice.

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Step 1

Wet Your Hands

Handwashing is a simple personal hygiene measure that has historically proved to be effective in reducing the transmission of infections.

Source: World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Step 2

Apply Soap Or
Hand Wash

Apply soap to cover all surfaces of your hands. Just rinsing hands with water alone is much less effective in reducing germs compared to using soap or handwash.

Source: World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Step 3

Rub Hands Palm
To Palm

Rub your hands together to lather. Handwashing is essential because our hands come into contact with countless surfaces, germs, and bacteria every day.

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Step 4

Rub the Back of Your Hands

Rub each hand's back with the other palm. Scrubbing hands with soap for at least 20 seconds is essential to effectively kill germs.

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Step 5

Scrub Between Fingers

Interlace fingers and scrub between them. When people wash their hands, they often miss key areas like the back of the hands, thumbs, and between fingers.

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Step 6

Clean Thumbs

Scrub each thumb using a rotational movement with the opposite hand. Hand sanitizing gels and alcohol-based hand rubs are good alternatives to washing hands with soap and water, but they don’t work as well if your hands are visibly dirty or greasy.

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Step 7

Rub Fingertips

Rub your fingertips against your palm to clean under your nails. Proper handwashing not only protects you from getting sick but also helps to prevent the spread of germs to others, especially in public places.

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Step 8

Rinse Your Hands

Rinse your hands well with clean, running water. Promoting and practicing regular handwashing is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce the spread of infections and improve public health.

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Step 9

Dry Your Hands

Dry your hands thoroughly with a clean, single-use towel. Wet hands transfer germs more easily than dry hands, so drying hands thoroughly after washing is crucial.

Source: World Health Organisation (WHO)
Meet The Campaign Ambassador

Ayushmann Khurrana is the campaign ambassador for NDTV – Dettol Banega Swasth India campaign. He is a creative force – who has single-handedly sparked nationwide conversation about inclusivity, importance of fundamental rights and the need to celebrate freedom of expression. In season 11 of the campaign, the spotlight is on ‘One World Hygiene - Fostering global unity for a healthier tomorrow’.

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Awards & Achievement

Best Programme On Social Issue, Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA), 2022

Best Channel Promo (Mother's Day Special), Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA), 2022

Best Campaign For Social Cause, Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA), 2022

Silver: Best Campaign For Social Cause (English) - Banega Swasth India Telethon Season 8, Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA), 2021

Gold: Best Coverage On Social Issues (English) - Salute Our Saviours, The Indian Telly Adz Awards, 2021

Best Brand Collaboration with News Channel, WAN-IFRA & Google South Asian Digital Media Awards, 2017

Silver: Best Innovation to Engage Youth Audiences, WAN-IFRA & Google South Asian Digital Media Awards, 2016

Bronze: Best Data Visualisation Project, WAN-IFRA & Google South Asian Digital Media Awards, 2016

Best Integrated Media Campaign For A Social Cause, Indian Digital Media Awards, 2016

The Big Faces On BSI
  • Shrimati Droupadi Murmu

    I congratulate NDTV-Dettol for its campaign Banega Swasth India for being one of India's longest-running public health campaigns.

    Shrimati Droupadi Murmu

    President Of India

  • Dr Roderico Ofrin

    Self-care is the key. It is linked to the health literacy of people.

    Dr Roderico Ofrin

    WHO Representative to India 

  • Ayushmann Khurrana

    It is my good fortune that the responsibility of carrying forward the work done by Amitabh Bachchan, one of the greatest actors of our time, has fallen on my shoulders.

    Ayushmann Khurrana

    Campaign Ambassador

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