KAMPALA, Uganda, 15 October 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- As the world commemorates Global Handwashing Day on 15 October 2022, WaterAid East Africa is calling on leaders across the region to develop and operationalise a costed context-specific national hand hygiene strategy. This is described as critical in scaling up current investments in hand hygiene, improving hygiene behaviours and […]
KAMPALA, Uganda, 15 October 2022 -/African Media Agency/- As the world commemorates Global Handwashing Day on 15 October 2022, WaterAid East Africa is calling on leaders across the region to develop and operationalise a costed context-specific national hand hygiene strategy. This is described as critical in scaling up current investments in hand hygiene, improving hygiene behaviours and…
KAMPALA, Uganda, 15 October 2022 -/African Media Agency/- As the world commemorates Global Handwashing Day on 15 October 2022, WaterAid East Africa is calling on leaders across the region to develop and operationalise a costed context-specific national hand hygiene strategy. This is described as critical in scaling up current investments in hand hygiene, improving hygiene behaviours and reaching everyone, everywhere with inclusive, accessible and functional handwashing facilities.
“As the world copes with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, lessons on the importance of handwashing in controlling the spread of infectious diseases must be sustained to prevent communities from future disease outbreaks. In East Africa, infectious diseases place a huge burden on fragile health systems, with some countries witnessing a resurgence of Ebola virus and monkeypox over the past month.
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