<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dan Jones at WaterAid</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wateraid@wateraidukmail.org">wateraid@wateraidukmail.org</a>><br><br></span><br><p style="margin:0px;line-height:22px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px"><b>Sunday was Global Handwashing Day</b></font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:22px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:22px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px">As a health professional, you know better than anyone how vital good hygiene is to quality healthcare.</font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:22px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:22px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px">Shockingly, it is estimated that <b>35%</b> of healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries <b>do not have soap and clean water for handwashing</b>. </font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:22px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:22px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px">That’s
why health practitioners and advocates across the world are using
Global Handwashing Day to highlight the vital importance of handwashing.</font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:22px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></p><span dir="ltr"></span><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div><table style="table-layout:auto" class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_resizable gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_mobiletemplate" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left"><table style="table-layout:auto" class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735eem_mainouterzone" width="700" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_dropzone" style="padding:0px" align="left"><table class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_columns gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_element" style="width:700px;table-layout:auto" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_dropzone gmail-m_1773810635438062735ved-scaled-cols" style="width:700px;padding:0px" width="100%" valign="top" align="left"><table class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_element gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_borders gmail-m_1773810635438062735eeb_width gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_textelement" style="width:700px;table-layout:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_pad" style="padding:6px;width:auto"><div class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_editable gmail-m_1773810635438062735eev_element"><br><p style="margin:0px;line-height:22px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px"><b>Take action now and call for change. </b></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px;line-height:23px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:23px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px">Here are three things you can do today:</font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px;line-height:23px"> </p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px;line-height:23px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Share this <a href="http://wateraidukmail.org/28HF-15CTE-6PSA1K-N9UOB-1/c.aspx" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Factsheet</a> with decision-makers in your country, and ask them to act urgently to improve provision of clean water, soap and toilets in all healthcare centres.<font style="color:rgb(0,0,238);text-decoration:underline"><b></b></font></font></li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px;line-height:23px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px">Write to your elected representative and urge them to raise this issue with your government. You can use our <a href="http://wateraidukmail.org/28HF-15CTE-6PSA1K-N9URC-1/c.aspx" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">simple template letter</a>.</font></li><li style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px;line-height:23px">Join the conversation online today using the Hashtags <b>#GlobalHandwashingDay</b> and <b>#HealthyStart</b>.</li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_element gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_borders gmail-m_1773810635438062735eeb_width gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_textelement" style="width:700px;table-layout:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_pad" style="padding:6px;width:auto"><div class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_editable gmail-m_1773810635438062735eev_element" style="width:688px"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:22px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px"><b>No pain relief, no running water: the perils of childbirth in Tanzania</b></font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:23px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:23px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px">WaterAid recently took journalists from The Guardian to see the realities of life as a midwife or a pregnant woman giving birth in a health centre without clean running water. </font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:23px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:23px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><a href="http://wateraidukmail.org/28HF-15CTE-6PSA1K-N9URL-1/c.aspx" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Share the Photo Gallery online ></a></font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:23px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><a href="http://wateraidukmail.org/28HF-15CTE-6PSA1K-N9URM-1/c.aspx" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(0,0,238)" target="_blank">Share the article online ></a></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px;line-height:23px"> </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:23px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px">Thank you for being part of a global movement. Together, we can achieve a Healthy Start for all within a generation.</font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:23px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:23px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px">Dan Jones</font></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:23px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px">Global Advocacy Coordinator</font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px;line-height:23px"></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px;line-height:23px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">WaterAid</font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:15px;line-height:23px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Sent on behalf of the Healthy Start Campaign </font></p><p></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_element gmail-m_1773810635438062735ee_spacer" style="width:700px;table-layout:auto" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:1px"><img src="http://i.emlfiles4.com/cmpimg/t/s.gif" style="display: block;" alt="" height="10" width="10"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
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