Effects of Hand Hygiene Campaigns on Incidence of Laboratory-confirmed Influenza and Absenteeism in Schoolchildren, Cairo, Egypt
Published: March 14, 2015 / Published by Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal-CDC
This study examines the impact of hand hygiene campaigns on the incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza illness and missed school days, in children.
Globally, children miss a combined 242 million days of school each year due to diarrhea. Handwashing can help keep children healthy and in school, as this study found.
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- https://globalhandwashing.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Effects-of-Hand-Hygiene-Campaigns-on-Absenteeism-1.pdf (pdf)
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