October 15 is World Handwashing Day

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October 15 is World Handwashing Day

The United Nations Children's Fund has officially declared October 15 as World Handwashing Day. This day was first celebrated as a holiday by the UN in the 2008 Sanitary Year. Admittedly, hand washing is a personal matter, and on the other hand, not washing your hands, as defined by the United Nations and the World Health Organization, can have serious consequences. Lack of hand washing can lead to the entry of various microbes into the human body, through which they can cause hepatitis, viral pneumonia, ORVI, cholera. "Dirty hands" are one of the leading causes of child mortality in Asia and Africa. According to UNICEF, about 5000 children die every day from "dirty hand disease" - diarrhea. Half of this disease could be prevented by hand washing. Many children’s lives can be saved in a simple hygienic way, i.e. by hand washing. We hope that celebrating World Handwashing Day will be the basis for preventing many diseases. In many countries, printed brochures on hygiene are now distributed to schoolchildren.