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Combatting Diphtheria Outbreak in Nigeria: Wellbeing Foundation Africa's Frontline Action for Public Health


Children are also particularly vulnerable to diphtheria as their immune systems are still developing. The Wellbeing Foundation Africa and Dettol Hygiene Quest visits to schools in Lagos, Kwara and Abuja aims to promote hand hygiene among school students. The school children able to learn that regular and thorough handwashing, can help to lower the risk of transmission and protect them from infection and disease like diphtheria using the merged PSHE curriculum.

The objective of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa and Dettol Hygiene Quest program is to educate, empower, and inspire 6 million school children to adopt healthy hygiene practices and good handwashing procedures, thereby reducing the incidence of illness and missed school days, and having a long-term, generational impact on health, education, and development.

Children are also particularly vulnerable to diphtheria as their immune systems are still developing. The Wellbeing Foundation Africa and Dettol Hygiene Quest visits to schools in Lagos, Kwara and Abuja aims to promote hand hygiene among school students. The school children able to learn that regular and thorough handwashing, can help to lower the risk of transmission and protect them from infection and disease like diphtheria using the merged PSHE curriculum.

The objective of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa and Dettol Hygiene Quest program is to educate, empower, and inspire 6 million school children to adopt healthy hygiene practices and good handwashing procedures, thereby reducing the incidence of illness and missed school days, and having a long-term, generational impact on health, education, and development.

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