Clean hands save lives

Washing our hands regularly – before cooking or eating, or after using the toilet, touching animals or being outdoors – helps stop infections before they start.
No matter where we are – at home, in healthcare settings, on farms, in schools or in kitchens – good hand hygiene is a simple but powerful way to protect people, animals and our shared health.

“The importance of handwashing is something so ordinary that it almost seems unbelievable how much it can help solve such a big problem. I liked the idea of including one of my children talking to the 300 million microorganisms we have on our dirty hands. He represents the entire European population, and I believe he does so brilliantly”.