The promotion of handwashing with soap at home costs 2.5 per cent of an average health budget per year, making it "a highly cost-effective investment, providing...
According to the latest estimates, two in five schools worldwide do not have basic hygiene services with water and soap, affecting 818 million students, of which...
Handwashing with soap and water is an established, cost-effective public health intervention, said Dr Roderico Ofrin, World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative, India
Global Handwashing Day: This year the theme is ‘Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together’
Global Handwashing Day: Here’s a quick look at five diseases India can prevent by just focusing on handwashing
Global Handwashing Day 2021: Hands are one of the most common pathways through which the virus spreads from one person to the next
Global Handwashing 2021: Here's a quick guide on different types of disease causing germs and how basic hygiene practices like handwashing can help prevent and protect against such infections
At the onset of the pandemic, 3 in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water within their homes, said a joint...
Professor Benedetta Allegranzi, Technical Lead, Infection prevention and control (IPC) department, WHO answers some common questions around hand hygiene and how clean hands can save lives
According to the World Health Organisation, maintaining hand hygiene is one of the effective ways in preventing diseases like COVID-19, common cold, diarrhoea among others
May 5 is celebrated as World Hand Hygiene Day with an aim to promote the need for proper handwashing to health workers around the world and...
With an aim to improve school environments in developing countries, Rotary International has implemented WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) facilities in 30,000 schools
