UK Global Handwashing Day Activities
2012's – Global Handwashing Day Activities.
e-Bug hand hygiene Challenge
Within schools, respiratory and gastrointestinal
infections are a major cause of childhood illness however it has been proven
that washing hands with soap can reduce diarrhoea by 42% - 47% and that
hand washing is important in the prevention of acute respiratory infection.
The Brief
e-Bug has teamed up with School Councils, UK to set a nationwide
Hand Hygiene Challenge where schools taking part can also break a Guinness
World Record. At 10am on Global Handwashing Day 2012 schools across the
UK will be participating in a simultaneous fun and interactive hand hygiene
lesson plan set by the e-Bug team. Visit www.e-bug.eu to find out more.
Dirty
Money
This year, Radox has teamed up with Global Handwashing Day
and two partner universities, Queen Mary University of London and the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, to explore the hygienic nature
of your currency. Teams of scientists will travel throughout London and
across the UK to gather data on the types and levels of bacteria found
on your money.
The Brief
Scientists and students will be swabbing in 10
London-based locations, plus Birmingham and Liverpool, while asking the
public about their hygiene habits. The results may provide a greater insight
into the nature of community-spread pathogen transmission and prove that
your mother may have been right when she said, “don’t put that
money in your mouth, it’s dirty!”.
Radox and Sainsbury’s Promotion Stands
Raising the profile
of GHD is crucial to spreading our message. This year, the GHD coalition
has teamed up with Radox and Sainsbury’s to promote the cause of
handwashing with soap at hygiene promotion stands throughout Sainsbury’s
stores across the UK.
You can expect discounts on Radox handwashing products;
to read about GHD in the Sainsbury;s magazine; an email if you are on the
Sainsbury’s Nectarbase; badges and leaflets to take home and promotional
material around the store. Look out for the booths below!
GHD Games
edugames4all contains educational games that focus on reinforcing
issues pertinent to health in an engaging and fun way. Two of the games,
GHD Game and Bugs War, are aimed at creating awareness about the importance
of hygiene in general and importance of hand washing in particular. Visit
www.edugames4all.org to find
out more.
Golden Poo Awards – Infectious
Films
The Golden Poo Awards – Call
for Infectious Films Now in its third season, The Golden Poo Awards uses
thought-provoking art and media to raise awareness of the scandalous lack
of sanitation and proper disposal in the developing world and how good hand washing worldwide
can save lives.Previous Golden Poo Awards have been for animated films
and stand-up comedy.
This year, in association with the London Short Film Festival, we held a competition to create a film that gets the message across about the importance of good sanitation and hygiene practice, in the most catchy, emotive, funny or ‘infectious’ way.
We have 11 shortlisted films which will shortly be viewed by our panel of judges, and the Number 1 and Number 2 winners will be announced on 1st October 2012. www.thegoldenpooawards.org