“By teaching mothers and birth attendants how handwashing with soap can prevent disease, we can improve neonatal survival rates and put more children on the path to reach their fifth birthday – a key milestone that millions of children don’t reach every year,”Ashveer Mahabeer, Brand Building Manager of Lifebuoy.
Wash your hands before handling your new-born.
Make sure that everyone who handles your baby also has clean hands.
In particular wash hands with soap at the following occasions:
Before handling preterm babies
- During the first week while umbilical cord is still attached
- When anyone has a cough/cold
- After returning from outside
- After cleaning or touching the baby’s faeces;
- After using the bathroom