“The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and other illnesses continue to put more relevance on the critical role lack of hand hygiene plays in disease transmission, hence the importance of hand washing.”She, therefore, noted that this year’s theme was a call to action to work collectively and leverage on lessons learned from COVID-19 response to address the historic neglect of hand hygiene in investments, policies, and programmes once and for all.
“This is evident by the fact that globally, 2.3 billion people still lack access to a basic handwashing facility. Although the pandemic led to an overall increase in handwashing rates, practices have not increased equally and people living in fragile settings or developing countries have continued to face barriers to hand washing,” Zakama added.
She admonished that all and sundry must ensure that handwashing behaviours are supported and sustained for everyone and everywhere. As part of the sensitisation, CWED supported households with hand washing products such as soap and hand sanitizers in Kaduna and across five other northern states which include Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe States.
The CWED programme officer emphasised that beyond global hand washing day, communities should ensure hand washing stations with soap are accessible and also provide appropriate inclusive behaviour change programming, and advocate for and invest in hand washing to ensure hand hygiene for all.
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