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World Hand Hygiene Day: Clean hands save lives

India, May 4 -- World Hand Hygiene Day is observed every year on May 5 to promote the importance of clean hands in preventing infections. The World Health Organization leads this global campaign to ...
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Rhode Island Hospital Dramatically Increases Hand Washing Compliance Through Unique Campaign, Other Efforts

Roughly five years ago Rhode Island Hospital in Providence had a hand hygiene problem. Only 40-50 percent of all hand washing that was supposed to take place was actually happening, and, as a result, ...
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First Lady kicks off hand washing drive to reduce child deaths

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta,Global CEO Unilever Paul Polman(left), Help A Child Reach 5 Campaign Ambassador Janet Mbugua(right) and 7year old Sherry hold up 'Help A Child Reach 5' placards during the ...
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Global WHO Campaign Focuses on Hand Hygiene

The Save Lives: Clean Your Hands global annual campaign, launched for the first time in 2009 by the World Health Organization, is launched every year on May 5 with a focus on “bringing people together ...