World Handwashing Day Observed In Sukkur

The World Handwashing Day was observed in Sukkur with an aim at raising awareness of benefits of handwashing with a soap, on Thursday.

KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Dec, 2018 ) :The World Handwashing Day was observed in Sukkur with an aim at raising awareness of benefits of handwashing with a soap, on Thursday.

Project Manager of the European Union-funded Programme for Improved Nutrition in Sindh (PINS), being implemented by the Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO), Hamid Ali Magsi addressing an event said that the government has developed a comprehensive plan for the promotion of safe hygiene practices and provision of better sanitation services to the people.

He said handwashing with a soap could be the most effective and inexpensive way to prevent deaths from infectious diseases.

He said the lives of several children under the age of five could be saved through handwashing. It is estimated that more than 43 million people defecate in the open in Pakistan and do not wash their hands with a soap afterwards, he added.

He said that adoption of handwashing is an effective way to fight epidemic diseases.