Washing your hands with soap and water for at least 15 seconds can help prevent diseases and infections like colds and flu, hepatitis A, pneumonia and more!

STUDY DEMONSTRATES SIMPLE HANDWASHING WITH SOAP CAN SAVE
CHILDREN'S LIVES

Handwashing with Soap Halved Incidence of Pneumonia--Leading Cause of Death in Children under Five Globally

IAC EXPRESS
Immunization news from the
Immunization Action Coalition
Issue Number 538 July 18, 2005
A web page version of this issue is available at
www.immunize.org/genr.d/issue538.htm

To access the complete CDC press release, go to:
www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r050714a.htm

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