WORLD HAND HYGIENE DAY ; May 5th @labgirlonlens

Hello Steemians

You know what today is?
Yes, it’s WORLD HAND HYGIENE DAY😃. And the health Team I belong to decided to visit a Secondary school (Niger Delta Science School) at my area to sensitize them on the need for hand washing😊, and it was a nice experience.

May 5th is generally celebrated as “World Hand Hygiene day” and also endorsed by “World Health Organization “(WHO)
The need to always wash hands cannot be over emphasized as it is very important and a sure way to healthy living. Most of us only wash our hands when we want to eat foods that require using the bare hands and most times we don’t even properly wash hands, this is not quite good as it is bad hygiene. There are millions of bacteria in your hands and you can easily transmit them through the food you eat and the surfaces you touch when you do not wash your hands, most of this disease are severe diarrhea and pneumonia which is common in our world today.

Many people will ask when should I wash my hands? Well, you should always wash your hands:
After a meal,
After work,
After using the toilet,
Before touching a baby,
After touching sick People,
After touching surfaces and so on.

Wash your hands with soap and water and in a case where you don’t have access to running water and soap, you can use your alcohol hand based sanitizers which are easy to carry about and pocket friendly too.

Our hands is one of the most used parts of our body and so must be kept clean at all times to prevent the different diseases which are being transmitted via surfaces and food. We are fully aware of the recent “Corona Virus” and how just washing your hands can prevent it spread and contamination😌

Now that you have known how important Hand hygiene is and what good it is to health, I implore us all to educate those around us on the need for hand hygiene, because Good Health begins with YOU❣️

Attached to this post are beautiful pictures of the outreach carried out today and donated materials to the school😌

We also made a quick stop at the Radio station to educate the masses too on the need for Hand hygiene😌

Thanks for reading
I appreciate😊

Thank you
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