Each year the World Hand Hygiene Day campaign, celebrated on 5 May, aims to progress the goal of maintaining a global profile on the importance of hand hygiene in health care and to ‘bring people together’ in support of hand hygiene improvement globally.
It’s so concerning that many people don’t know (or bother) to wash their hands properly. We need such campaigns to promote better hand and personal hygiene.
Most people don’t wash their hands correctly, USDA study finds
A study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found participants failed to properly wash their hands 97 percent of the time when preparing food, which could lead to illness.
The WHO has a World Hand Hygiene Day that we should try to popularize.
More celebrities and influencers should promote hand-washing challenges like the ones that were popular during the Covid era.
Hand hygiene campaigns can help reduce disease infections, saving lives.
It’s so concerning that many people don’t know (or bother) to wash their hands properly. We need such campaigns to promote better hand and personal hygiene.