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By Daily Nation
Every 23 seconds, a child dies from either pneumonia or diarrhoea worldwide.
This is despite the fact that we know access to safe water, adequate sanitation and proper hygiene education — or WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) — can reduce illness and death and have an impact on poverty reduction and socio-economic development.
The simple act of handwashing, for example, is the single-most cost-effective way of stopping child deaths. It can reduce the incidence of pneumonia by 23 per cent and diarrhoea by up to 45 per cent. Read more>>
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