Handwashing Saves Lives, and Not Simply from Swine Flu

Oct 01, 2009

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Huffington Post, October 2009

While handwashing is on the minds of the American public this flu season, Richard Chin, CEO of OneWorld Health, points out that this simple act should be global priority all year round for its capacity to save lives from diarrhea, the second leading killer of children worldwide. In this article, chin applauds efforts like Global Handwashing Day, the UNICEF/WHO report Diarrhoea: Why Children are Still Dying and What Can Be Done, and the Call to Action against diarrheal disease.

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