Over 200m kids soaping up for global hand-washing
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 4:41 pm Press Release: UNICEF NZ Over 200 million kids soaping up for global hand-washing day. In the aftermath of the H1N1 virus and the Christchurch earthquake,...
View ArticleWhat causes gastroenteritis?
Rotavirus has been in the news of late due to the sad loss of two lives, but there are also other causes of acute gastroenteritis. Find out what other bugs can cause upset tummies. GASTROENTERITIS is...
View Article2010 Global Hand Washing Day focuses on saving lives
This year, the observance of the Global Handwashing Day began in 2001 by a coalition, comes off today Friday October 15, 2010 with its focus on “Saving Lives Through Handwashing With Soap.” Ghana...
View ArticleWash Your Hands, Save a Life
Today is Global Handwashing Day, but that doesn’t mean you're off the hook after the 24 hours is up. While the day was created a few years ago to stress the importance of washing hands to prevent the...
View ArticleKids dying of treatable conditions: Unicef
Childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea, two conditions that should ordinarily be treated and cured, are killing two million children under the age of five each year. Nine out of 10 deaths are occurring in...
View ArticleGo celebrate - wash your hands!
Related topics reportGlobal handwashing dayhand hygiene Advertisement Hand-transmission is a critical factor in the spread of microbial and viral pathogens to humans. Disease agents transmitted by...
View ArticleUNICEF releases report on World Pneumonia Day (UNICEF - United Nations...
12 November 2012 The leading killers of children under five, pneumonia and diarrhoea, account for over two million deaths every year. That's 3,400 children dying per day. If the world starts to pay...
View ArticlePrevention Can Save the Lives of Over Two Million Children
Saturday, 9 June 2012, 8:30 am Press Release: United Nations Pneumonia And Diarrhoea Prevention Can Save the Lives of Over Two Million Children – UN New York, Jun 8 2012 12:10PM Preventing and...
View ArticleKids to get lessons in handwashing
ALLAHABAD: The health department will hold several awareness camps at institutions and aganwari centres on the occasion of...
View ArticlePneumonia and diarrhoea prevention can save the lives of over two million...
A woman swaddles her crying newborn in a camp in southern Pakistan where she received counselling on home-based treatments for diarrhoea, ante- and post-natal care education, and information on access...
View ArticleA simple bit of soap and water can stop the spread of disease
Dubai: One in every six mobile phones is infected with E. coli bacteria from faecal matter, a study released on Saturday shows. According to the British study, faecal bacteria can survive on hands and...
View ArticleTackling diarrhoea and pneumonia could save 2m children's lives, says Unicef
Tweet London, June 9 (ANI): Unicef has urged countries around the world to focus on treating diarrhoea and pneumonia to save children's lives. It said introducing routine vaccination programmes...
View ArticleUnicef: Tackling diarrhoea and pneumonia saves 2m lives
Two million of the world's poorest children could be saved by introducing routine vaccination programmes against diarrhoea and pneumonia, says Unicef. It says focusing on these diseases would narrow...
View Article2 Diseases are Biggest Killers of East Asia-Pacific Children
Monday, 11 June 2012, 1:07 pm Press Release: UNICEF Two Diseases Remain Biggest Killers of East Asia-Pacific Children – UNICEF Simple, cost-effective solutions to the diseases, aimed at poorest...
View ArticlePhilippines: public schools promote hygiene practices (UNICEF - United...
By Pam Pagunsan Schoolchildren in the small, hilly province of Guimaras Island in central Philippines may just have a new favourite 'subject' - hand-washing and tooth-brushing - which is now included...
View ArticleThe importance of hand-washing marked on Global Handwashing Day
On Saturday, more than 200 million children from 100 countries will celebrate Global Handwashing Day. In countries including Peru, Ghana, Nepal and the Philippines, children in more than 700,000...
View ArticleSOMALIA: Mortality rates among world's highest in Somaliland
Photo: Jane Some/IRINEdna Adan University Hospital, the main health facility in Hargeisa, Somaliland: Somaliland has one of the worst maternal mortality ratios in the worldHARGEISA, 2 February 2012...
View ArticleUNICef: Tackle deadly diseases for world’s poorest children
Monday, 11 June 2012, 5:30 pm Press Release: United Nations Tackling deadliest diseases for world’s poorest children can yield huge gains – UNICEF NEW YORK, 8 June 2012 – A new report from UNICEF...
View ArticleWorld Pneumonia Day: UN and partners call for ending biggest killer of...
World Pneumonia Day: UN and partners call for ending biggest killer of children 12 November 2012 - The United Nations and its partners today called for greater efforts to eradicate pneumonia, the...
View ArticleGlobal Hand Washing Day Marked In Accra
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has organised "Global Hand Washing Day" to create awareness and the effects of hand washing with soap as well as sustaining behavioral change. The day...
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