HPE teachers demonstrate importance of hand hygiene in primary school on World Hand Hygiene Day 2021
Keeping our hands clean is an important part of personal
hygiene. To advocate the importance of hand hygiene, the World Health Organization
(WHO) has held World Hand Hygiene Day on 5 May every year since the launch of the
“SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands” global campaign in 2009. At the annual event, WHO
calls on health care workers to achieve effective hand hygiene action at the point
of care.
Dr Peggy Or Pui-lai, Assistant Professor of the Department of
Health and Physical Education (HPE), and Ms Patricia Ching, the Adjunct Associate
Professor of HPE, responded to the call and worked together with the WHO
Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control to promote hand
hygiene in Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School on 5 May.
On the event
day, Dr Or and Ms Ching shared the important message of hand hygiene and
environmental cleanliness to the principal and teachers of the school. The school
was eager to practise what they learnt and looked forward to further collaborate
with HPE's public health experts on school health.
The global campaign aims
to maintain global promotion, visibility and sustainability of hand hygiene in
health care and to “bring people together” in support of hand hygiene improvement
around the world.
