Hand washing is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But not everyone has access to running water at all times. The tippy tap is one simple and safe way to wash your hands that is
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especially designed for areas with no running water
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This film covers handwashing best practice for health workers in hospitals.
This Video is available in Hausa and Yoruba.
accessed 08.2021
WHO recommends member states provide universal access to public hand hygiene stations and making their use obligatory on entering and leaving any public or private commercial building and any public transport facility. It is also recommended that he
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althcare facilities improve access to and practice of hand hygiene.
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Hand Hygiene: Why, How, & When?
MEDBOX Issue Brief No.2.
The main route of transmission of the Sars-CoV-2 virus are small respiratory droplets. Therefore, thoroughly cleaning of hands with either alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water is one of the corner stones of basic protec
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tive measures against COVID-19 for everyone. A particular focus of this Issue Brief are documents for the health care sector, but also multilingual material for the public.
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Infographic illustrating how to wash your hands correctly when there is limited access to soap and clean water.
Experts from AIIMS, New Delhi share basic steps on hand washing to fight against #COVID19
Current evidence indicates that the COVID-19 virus is transmitted through respiratory droplets or contact. Contact transmission occurs when contaminated hands touch the mucosa of the mouth, nose, or eyes; the virus can also be transferred from one surface to another by contaminated hands, which fac
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ilitates indirect contact transmission. Consequently, hand hygiene is extremely important to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. It also interrupts transmission of other viruses and bacteria causing common colds, flu and pneumonia, thus reducing the general burden of disease.
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A guide for developing a hygiene promotion program to increase handwashing with soap
This poster simply says wash your hands in twenty-four languages (English, Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Nepali, Oromo, Ojibwe, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, and Vietnamese).
These posters are great for tippy taps that are built in public areas like schools or village meeting areas. They list the benefits of the tippy tap as well as highlight a country or region specific hand
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washing statistic.
Marathi version
Accessed 13 January 2015
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These posters are great for tippy taps that are built in public areas like schools or village meeting areas. They list the benefits of the tippy tap as well as highlight a country or region specific hand
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washing statistic.
Kannada version
Accessed 13 January 2015
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