Thursday, October 15, 2009

Global Handwashing Day


15th Oct, is celebrated as GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY,It is celebrated to encourages peoples especially children to wash their hands with soap in order to prevent diseases and to b healthy.The basic function is to aware children the rite way of washing hands and the germs that effect them wen they dnt wash hands....
Hand washing with soap is the single most effective and inexpensive way to prevent diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI), as automatic behavior performed in homes, schools, and communities worldwide. Pneumonia, a major ARI, is the number one cause of mortality among children under five years old, taking the life of an estimated 1.8 million children per year. Diarrhea and pneumonia, together account for almost 3.5 million child deaths annually

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