TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - Not doing washing hands with soap (HWWS) at an important moment, can cause diarrhea, including cholera, pneumonia, influenza pandemic, the new-born infections and infections among AIDS patients.
This was stated by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Katie Greenland, in Lifebuoy Class Journalist to celebrate the Day of Global Handwashing (HCTPS) 2011, not long ago.
Even the WHO / Unicef noted each year more than 3 million children under five die of diarrhea and pneumonia. Meanwhile, in Indonesia there are 151,000 children under five who die with 56,000 of them because of diarrhea and pneumonia.
According to Katie, the results of research in eleven countries around the world namely Ghana, India, Madagascar, Kyrgistan, Senegal, Peru, China, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Kenya showed HWWS habit of people to perform at key moments, is still low.
"Among them, before preparing food habits HWWS on average only 13 percent, after the toilet on average only 17%, and before giving food to the children only 5 percent," said Katie.
But unfortunately, most of the public not to make handwashing with soap (HWWS) as a daily habit, especially at key moments that before eating, before handling the baby, and after being in the toilet. According to the Public Private Partnership for HWWS, the percentage HWWS important when only the range 0% to 34%.
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