When is Global Hand Washing Day?

Global Handwashing Day was initiated by PPPHW, calling on all countries in the world to carry out hand washing activities with soap every year 10- 15.

The World Health Organization (WHO) initiated it in 2005 and ended it on June 10 and June 13 of that year, with the aim of calling on the whole world to strengthen health awareness and prevent infectious diseases through the simple but important action of "washing hands". The theme of 20 17 global hand washing day is "our hands, our future!"

The purpose of the activity is to cultivate and support the global and regional culture of washing hands with soap, pay attention to the situation of washing hands in various countries, and increase the publicity of the benefits of washing hands with soap or hand sanitizer. As one of the initiators of "Global Handwashing Day", UNICEF actively promotes the hand-washing campaign with children's participation as the main body through its offices all over the world.

Call on people to use actions to wake up their health awareness of washing their hands correctly, washing their hands with soap or hand sanitizer and preventing diseases; Promote people to improve hygiene behavior, especially educate children to develop good hygiene attitudes and habits from an early age; Advocate the government and communities to improve environmental sanitation, including hand washing facilities.

Present situation of washing hands with soap in China;

Washing hands with soap is a life-saving intervention that all countries and communities can do technically and economically. This measure is popularized not only because it is good for health, but also because washing hands with soap makes people feel comfortable, reflects a person's social status and education level, and makes people closer.

During the period of SARS in 2003, the study showed that washing hands with soap 10 times a day could reduce the virus transmission rate by 55%. Statistics from the Ministry of Health show that by the end of 2008, the penetration rate of rural sanitary toilets in China was about 60%.

According to the survey of nearly 65,438+08,000 schools in 65,438+06 provinces of China in 2007, only 24% schools have sanitary toilets and less than 36% schools have hand washing facilities. In addition, in 2007, a formative study in a province in western China showed that only 9% people washed their hands with soap out of nearly 3,500 times.

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