Proper handwashing with soap for at least 20 seconds can prevent up to 47% of diarrheal diseases, which kill over 750,000 children under five each year. The CDC recommends humming “Happy Birthday” twice while washing hands. Lack of water supply may be a reason why fewer than a fifth of mothers in developing countries wash their hands. Proper handwashing can also prevent over 20% of cold cases.
Is it really that important to wash your hands. If all people practiced proper handwashing with soap, it could save about 1 million lives each year, according to a 2003 Lancet report on infectious diseases. A single gram of fecal matter is estimated to contain at least 10 million varieties of bacteria and 100 million different viruses. Washing hands with soap and hot water for at least 20 seconds after exposure to feces could help prevent up to 47 percent of the world’s 1.7 billion annual cases of diarrheal disease, which kills more than 750,000 children under the age of five years every year.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend humming the song “Happy Birthday” twice as the optimal minimum duration for washing your hands.
Fewer than a fifth of mothers in developing countries are thought to wash their hands, which may be due to lack of water supplies.
According to the CDC, more than 20 percent of cold cases could be prevented with proper handwashing hygiene.
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