Following the commensuration of World Hand Hygiene Day which is celebrated annually on May 5, the Nigeria Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (NCDC) has tasked Nigerians to practice hand hygiene regularly.
This is confirmed on the official X platform on 6th of May after an X Space discussion enlightening people on the importance of hand hygiene.
According to Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, it is very important to maintain hand hygiene because it saves people from infection especially in the health care environment.
“Hand hygiene is important, especially in our healthcare facilities, because it is very effective way to keep people safe from infection.
“Infection from our health facilities affect our communities, and vice versa. We need to ensure that resources and hand hygiene facilities, like clean water, which enables the culture of hand hygiene, are functional in our community health centers,” she said.
