Describing it as one of the "cheapest, simplest, most effective health interventions we have", UNICEF is calling for better handwashing practices worldwide. The UN's Children's Agency says cleaner hands can have a dramatic impact on improving children's health, keeping them safe from easily preventable diseases such as diarrhoea. Infants in the first month of life are especially vulnerable to diseases transmitted by unwashed hands.
Zaidi ya watu milioni 70 kutoka nchi mbali mbali walizuru maonyesho hayo ambayo ni kwanza kuandaliwa kwenye nchi inayoendelea yenye kauli mbiu “mji mwema maisha mema”.Akiwa mjini Shanghai Ban ameitaja kauli mbiu hiyo kuwa iliyokuja wakati unaofaa akisema kuwa nusu ya watu walioko duniani wanaishi mijini na idadi hiyo itaendelea kuongezeka.