The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund ( UNICEF) has said that nine out of 10 schools in Nigeria lack handwashing facilities for children. Information Guide Nigeria

According to PUNCH, this was disclosed in the UNICEF report released during the Global Handwashing Day tagged, ‘Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together’.

PUNCH reports that it was revealed that four in 10 schools worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap. Jamb Result

The reports stated that this affects 818 million students of  which 462 million attend schools with no facility at all.

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As reported by PUNCH, the report clearly stated that one out of three healthcare centres worldwide do not have hand hygiene facilities at strategic points where patients and healthcare workers meet.

UNICEF WASH Director, Kelly Ann Naylor said, “Global response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic have created an unprecedented time for hand hygiene. Yet progress remains far too slow for the most vulnerable, underserved communities.

“Hand hygiene cannot be viewed as a temporary provision to manage COVID-19. Further long-term investment in water, sanitation, and hygiene can help prevent the next health crisis from coming. It also means fewer people falling ill with respiratory infections, fewer children dying from diarrheal diseases, and more pregnant mothers and newborns protected from preventable conditions like sepsis.”

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