@GlobalSoap

Saving and improving lives, one bar of soap at a time.

 Atlanta, GA
globalsoap.org/
Joined October 2009
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#QOTD #aspire #makeadifference #bethechange
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Global Soap Project retweeted
bobonto@bobontoimpact29 Oct 2015
Replying to @GlobalSoap
@GlobalSoap work to improve global #health and they need your support! :) buff.ly/1PSiH4e #Bobonto #BobontoImpact #teehyvää
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The #CDC says this is one of the very best ways to avoid getting sick... & it's easier than you think: goo.gl/69szqG #soap #health
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Equipping Kids With #Soap Could Save Hundreds Of Lives A Day huffingtonpost.com/entry/equ… #handwashingday #water #sanitation #hygiene #WASH
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"UNICEF warns inadequate hygiene endangers key development goal" un.org/apps/news/story.asp?N… #handwashing #GlobalHandwashingDay #soap4hope
RT @UNICEFmena: The simple act of handwashing can cut diarrhoea deaths by almost ½ #GlobalHandwashingDay
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Bradley Corporation's survey says only 66 percent of Americans say they always wash up after using a public restroom.
#GlobalHandwashingDay: Spreading the word starts with you! Tell the world that handwashing can help save lives.
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Statistics show that 190,000 Ugandan children die every year due to diarrhea. But most households have soap! Habit formation is key!
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Nearly 88 percent of diarrhea can be traced to unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene. ow.ly/SQq9H
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In Dakar, customers can sell their waste to be turned into energy! ow.ly/R45xA

'We want to turn poo into gold': how SMS is transforming Senegal's sanitation

In Dakar, an Uber-like SMS service has reduced the cost of emptying pit latrines by nearly half – and now customers can sell their waste to be turned into energy

theguardian.com
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This will help make hospital workers accountable for washing their hands and prevent the spread of germs. Great work! ow.ly/Rjij6

Monitoring System Improves Hand Washing Compliance

A novel hand-hygiene compliance system more than doubles hand washing instances observance among hospital staff using the system.  

hospimedica.com
If handwashing with soap became a standard practice, health experts estimate that deaths from diarrhea could be reduced by half.
Have you seen this book that has pages that can act as water filters for dirty water?ow.ly/R458I

Could This 'Drinkable Book' Provide Clean Water to the Developing World?

Pour untreated water over a page from the book and silver nanoparticles embedded in it will kill nearly 100 percent of disease-causing bacteria

smithsonianmag.com
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China has some work to do on handwashing to improve health ow.ly/QZrZJ
Our best form of attack against pandemic flu is defence. Regular handwashing by everybody means such superviruses can’t get a foothold.
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RT @FightGermsNow: Tips for lunchbox safety: handwashing w/soap, sanitizing countertops & lunchboxes: newswise.com/articles/view/6…
The Integrated Benefits Institute says poor health costs the U.S. economy $576 billion a year! Yikes! Let's stay healthy!
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Wash your hands – and save the world from superbugs Val Curtis ow.ly/QProY

Wash your hands – and save the world from superbugs | Val Curtis

We now have proof that simple handwashing with soap is a roadblock on the superhighway that infections travel on. Yet less than one in five of us does it

theguardian.com
RT @TheUNICEFNews: Handwashing in W.African schools protects children, families from Ebola - UN trove.com/me/content/jAsBa?u…
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