World Hygiene Day

This date is celebrated worldwide with the objective of remembering the importance of hygiene for the prevention of different types of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, infections, hepatitis, pneumonia, skin infections, etc. It is often considered that the idea of hygiene is simply the cleanliness of the body, however, it also includes the cleanliness of homes and their surroundings, of workplaces, food hygiene, etc.

Hygiene is the set of knowledge and techniques that people should apply to control the factors that exert or may exert harmful effects on health. Personal hygiene is the basic concept of cleanliness, cleanliness and care of the body.

It is a series of habits related to personal care that have a positive impact on health and prevent possible diseases and infections; it is also the part of medicine or science that deals with the means of prolonging life and preserving people's health.

According to UNICEF data, hand washing with soap can reduce the incidence of respiratory infections by 23%, such as pneumonia, which is the leading cause of death in children under five years of age and kills 1.8 million children every year. It should be noted that more than 5,000 children under five die every day in the world as a result of diarrheal diseases, due in part to contaminated water, lack of basic sanitation facilities and poor hygienic practices.