Handwashing: NCDC launches project to protect health workers from infections - Premium Times Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control launched the ‘Turn Nigeria Orange’ Project to strengthen the culture of hand hygiene and Infection Prevention and Control in healthcare institutions across the country.

The Director-General of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, at a press briefing before the launch, attributed the spread of diseases in the country to unhygienic practices in health facilities. The first Lassa fever case last year was confirmed in Ebonyi State when four people, including three health workers, died from the infection.

“The turn Nigeria Orange is a brainchild of NCDC to get IPC institutionalised in the country. It’s key to getting hand hygiene to become the norm and we want to achieve that by supporting every health facility in Nigeria.

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