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GLOBAL HANDWASHING
DAY |
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Date-wise Events |
October 15 |
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Description |
- It is a campaign to motivate and mobilize millions
around the world to wash their hands with soap.
- It takes place on October 15 of each year.
- The campaign is dedicated to raising awareness of
handwashing with soap as a key approach to disease
prevention.
- The first Global Handwashing Day took place on October
15, 2008, the date appointed by the UN General Assembly in
accordance with year 2008 as the International Year of
Sanitation.
- The theme for Global Handwashing Day’s inaugural year
was Focus on School Children.
- The members pledged to get the maximum number of school
children handwashing with soap in more than 70 countries.
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