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Clean hands save lives


Antara | Thu, 10/15/2009 2:34 PM | National




Clean hands save lives: Students wash their hands with soap in an event held to obeserve the Global Handwashing Day at SD Sawahan 2 Elementary School in Surakarta, Central Java, on Thursday. Unicef says using soap to wash hands, particularly after contact with excreta, can reduce diarrhoeal diseases by over 40% and respiratory infections by 30%.  Antara/Arief Priyono

Students wash their hands with soap in an event held to obeserve the Global Handwashing Day at SD Sawahan 2 Elementary School in Surakarta, Central Java, on Thursday. Unicef says using soap to wash hands, particularly after contact with excreta, can reduce diarrhoeal diseases by over 40% and respiratory infections by 30%. Antara/Arief Priyono


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