SOAP DEMAND INCREASED BY HEALTH PROJECT SAYS WORLD BANK

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Bank's 2009-10 Water and Sanitation media campaign encouraged hand-washing with soap among 20 million (potentially child-bearing) women aged 15-49 and children aged 5-9 in Peru, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam, claimed an assessment. It added more than 800,000 people were also encouraged to wash their hands with soap through linked personal advice in these countries.

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