Hand Washing Prevent Diarrhea

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Did you know that simply behaviour like hand washing can save children from suffering illness include diarrhea?

Hand washing with soap

Based on data from UNICEF Committing to Child Survivor: A Promise Renewed Progress Report 2013, infant mortality rate in Indonesia achieve 152,000 in 2012. More than two-thirds of child death below five years is caused by disease that can be avoided with easily action, such as hand washing behaviour.

prevent diarrhea by easily hand washing

Diarrhea and acute respiration infection are major cause of infant children. Difficult access to clean water and lack of public awareness about importance of hygiene include good hand washing, become cause of the high of mortality.

Washing hands, shouldn't be underestimated!

Hands Washing with soap have been proved to decrease diarrhea risk up to 50% and acute respiration infection up to 45% so it is very important to instill knowledge and behaviour about good hand washing.

Application good hand washing in family may help decrease rate of disease transmission especially on children under five years whose immune system is susceptible.

So, let's behave our children to hand washing before eating, bathing, and after go out from water closed. Clean hand, our health will be assured.

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