Hand hygiene is not just for Covid - it s for life!
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Professor Martin Cormican, HSE National Lead forAntibiotic Resistance and Infection Control says: “Most years when Hand Hygiene Day comes around we have to ask ourselves how do find a fresh way to talk to people about the importance of hand hygiene in preventing infection.
“Due to the last 18 months of the Covid-19pandemic, we are in a very different place with hand hygiene to the forefront this year. Preventing infection with Covid-19 has been on everyone’s mind and hand hygiene has had a major part to play.
WHO calls for efforts to reduce hygiene inequalities between high, lower income countries
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On the occasion of Hand Hygiene Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Wednesday to reduce hygiene inequalities between high- and lower-income countries, as a survey showed that patients living in poorer countries were twice as likely to be infected during health care than in richer countries.
As COVID-19 brought once more hand sanitization as an essential health practices, the WHO said that inequalities between richer and poorer countries affected the ability of exercising proper hand hygiene.
WHO s survey showed that in low-income countries, only one in ten health workers had correct hand hygiene practices while caring for high-risk patients often because of a lack of facilities.
NCDC urges Nigerians to prioritise hand hygiene to halt spread of COVID-19
Hand hygiene with soap and water is the best way to stop the spread of COVID-19.
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has advised the general public to prioritise good hand hygiene as part of efforts to halt the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
The Director-General of the agency, Chikwe Ihekweazu, gave the advice during an awareness walk to commemorate the 2021 World Hand Hygiene Day in Abuja on Wednesday.
Represented by the Head of Prevention Programme & Knowledge Management Department of the agency, Chinwe Ochu, Mr Ihekweazu said good hand hygiene can save lives and prevent the transmission of infections.
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The Ekiti State government has revealed that it would continue to build facilities and improve the capacity of health care workers towards enhancing the sustainability of hygiene practices in the state.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani who spoke in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital at an event to mark the 2021 World Hand Hygiene Day noted that residents must take responsibility for their health by practising regular hand washing.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Akinjide Akinleye, the commissioner noted that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had insisted that hand hygiene is a critical measure in preventing diseases and infection.
World Hand Hygiene Day 2021: History, theme and significance of this day and messages to share
The theme for World Hand Hygiene Day 2021 is Achieving hand hygiene at the point of care. The slogan is, Seconds save lives â clean your hands! Image for representation, Twitter
Updated: May 5, 2021, 07:02 AM IST
May 5 is observed as the World Hand Hygiene Day and this is like the last, this day holds a lot of significance in our lives as we are grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Clean Your Hands global campaign, launched in 2009 and celebrated annually on 5 May (World Hand Hygiene Day) aims to maintain global promotion, visibility and sustainability of hand hygiene in health care and to ‘bring people together’ in support of hand hygiene improvement around the world.