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       Global Handwashing Day
   DIR By: lubhan
       Date: December 16, 2016, 5:14 am
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       The Day, designated by the United Nations as part of its
       on-going International Year of Sanitation, is aimed at improving
       hygiene practices among the people.
       The Day would be celebrated as the centrepiece of week-long
       activities, starting from October 15, that are expected to
       mobilise millions of people in more than 20 countries around the
       world for the cause.
       The guiding vision of Global Handwashing Day is a local and
       global culture of handwashing with soap. Although people around
       the world wash their hands with water, very few wash their hands
       with soap at critical moments (for example, after using the
       toilet, while cleaning a child, and before handling food).
       According to UNICEF, Children are highly susceptible to the
       diseases caused by a lack of effective sanitation and poor
       hygiene. More than 5,000 children under the age of five die
       every day as a result of diarrheal diseases, caused in part by
       unsafe water, lack of access to basic sanitation facilities and
       poor hygiene.
       By washing hands with soap, families and communities can help
       reduce child morbidity rates from diarrheal diseases by almost
       50 per cent, it added.
       The inaugural Global Handwashing Day focuses on children and
       schools. After learning about improved hygiene behaviour in
       schools, children can act as agents of change by taking these
       messages home to their families and communities.
       Handwashing with soap, particularly after using the toilet and
       before eating, could significantly impact health, survival,
       child mortality, and help reduce poverty.  Stepping up
       investment for water, sanitation and hygiene will speed the
       achievement of all eight Millennium Development Goals, UNICEF
       said in a press statement.
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