You can save a child’s life if you simply teach him how to wash hands.
Hand washing with soap at key periods can reduce diarrhoeal deaths in
children by 50 per cent. This is one of the most inexpensive ways to
prevent many waterborne and respiratory diseases in the country.
The key periods include before handling food, after using the toilet,
cleaning babies’ bottoms and contact with contaminated foods or water
and bodily fluids like nasal excretions.
Study shows that if not washed with soap, after such periods or
contacts, hands can transport bacteria, viruses and parasites to
unwitting hosts.
According to World Health Organisation, every year 1.7 billion people
around the world suffer from diarrhea, a symptom of an intestinal tract
infection that spreads through contaminated food or drinking water, or
through poor hygiene.
The Health Bulletin 2014 published by Bangladesh’s health and family
welfare ministry reported about 2,641,855 diarrhea cases in 2013.
Dettol’s ‘Give Life a Hand’ campaign is a global initiative to help
combat preventable deaths from diarrhoea and save children’s lives
through raising awareness about the importance of hand washing with soap
and driving better hygiene habits.
With Global Hand washing Day coming up on October 15, the campaign
invites people to engage on social media – Facebook and YouTube – by
watching, liking and sharing the ‘Give Life a Hand’ videos and other
digital contents.
Most importantly, people are encouraged to take a ‘handfie’ – a
picture of their soap-cleaned hands and upload it on social media with
#HealthyHand hash tag.
For every #HealthyHand picture, Dettol pledges to teach a child healthy hand washing habits.
So, get your camera rolling and post a handfie to join the global initiative.
You can watch the contents at Dettol Bangladesh’s Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/dettolbd?fref=nf and on its YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQkgVE_QdT9U9pPLPetppcw.
