Yes, you are the hope! You are the future! But you know what? That future the world is waiting for, is in your ‘HANDS’. The care you give to your hands determine the future as it is the cheapest way to avoid many diseases that can cut short your lives.
Children washing their hands the
global Handwashing day at Tafawa Balewa Square , Lagos. As
Nigeria joins the rest of the world
to commemorate this year’s Global Hand Washing Day, with
the theme: “Our Hands, Our Future!”,
Let’s give everyone a clean hand. A clean hand is stronger
than any vaccines and a wonderful
way of saving lives with little or no cost, especially, now that there is an
outbreak of Monkey pox in the country.
According to the UNICEF report, Hand washing with soap could prevent many of
the 272
million yearly school days lost to
diarrhoea disease, and 50% of the infections acquired in
healthcare settings. Hand washing
with soap has an important role in achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals and has the power
to improve access to education for children, protect the health of patients and
communities, and reduce inequities.