Global Handwashing Day

Global Handwashing Day was initially founded in 2008 by the Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP) and it''s partner organizations to promote handwashing with soap as key to better health and development. Every year around 1.4 million child deaths and 15% infant deaths occur with either diarrhea, pneumonia or infectious diseases. Simple handwashing with soap just before and after the use of toilet could reduce the chances of diarrheal and respiratory infections by 25% among children under the age of 5.