Global Handwashing Day 2020

Global Handwashing Day is celebrated on 15 October each year to motivate and mobilize people around the world to improve their handwashing habits. Washing hands at critical points during the day and washing with soap are both important.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

This year’s theme, ‘Hand Hygiene for All’, highlights the fact that to beat the virus and ensure better health outcomes beyond the pandemic, handwashing with soap is a priority.

This year it marks a critical reminder for the world that this simple, cost-effective practice can save lives. Handwashing has always been one of the most effective ways of keeping diseases at bay and is also one of the key cornerstones of COVID-19 prevention.

The first Global Handwashing Day was held in 2008.