DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 18 -- BEFORE a child eats, after a mother changes her baby, or after someone uses the toilet, a simple action can make a significant difference to health, washing hands with running water and soap.

Although it takes only a short time, proper handwashing removes dirt and disease-causing germs that can enter the body through the mouth, nose, and eyes.

Yet, without consistent practice, contaminated hands can become a pathway through which infections spread among family members, schoolchildren, food handlers and the wider community.

This is why health stakeholders gathered at Kigamboni Health Centre in Dar es Salaam recently, to mark World Handwashing Day that is commemorate on October 15 each year, urging citizens to m...