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Current Feed ContentBANGLADESH: Hand-washing saves children's livesDHAKA Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (IRIN) - More than 16 million children in 73,000 primary and secondary schools in Bangladesh will mark the first global hand-washing day on 15 October with a vow to keep themselves free of diarrhoea and pneumonia - two major killers of children spread mainly via dirty hands. "Children are the most powerful agents of change in society," said Carel de Rooy, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative in Bangladesh. "If children learn basic hygiene education... |
