World Hand Hygiene Day 2021

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Seconds save lives – clean your hands!

5 May 2021

World Health Organization Hand Hygiene Day is celebrated on 5 of May. This year and in the light of the past pandemic year the importance of adequate handwashing has proved its importance both in our daily lives and in health care settings.

SEE Health Network (SEEHN) joins the World Hand Hygiene Campaing emphasizing the slogan that “Seconds save lives – clean your hands!”

This year ties with 2021 the Year of the Health care workers, focusing on the quality of care component and the crucial role of the healthcare workers keeping 5 moments for Hand Hygiene approach:

1. before touching  a patient
2. before clean/aseptic procedure
3. after body fluid exposure risk
4. after touching a patient
5. after touching patient surroundings

SEEHN is flagging the importance of hand hygiene at the points of care and the special role of nurses and midwives in infection prevention and control, providing clean and safer care. SEEHN has channeled its efforts towards nurses and midwifes during the past year in particular. However, the momentum shall be perpetuated and bring the Governments on board with sustainable commitment and access to sanitizers. Empowering health care workers not only in practicing clean environment at every step but also by promoting and raising awareness in the general population on the most affordable and effective infection prevention technique the hand hygiene.

Partnership with Project Hope – vaccine training for frontline workers

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Amidst the turmoil of COVID-19, the development of effective Covid-19 vaccines brings us closer to the promise to put an end to a ravishing pandemic.

The annual celebration of the World Immunization Week offers a unique opportunity to advocate for greater engagement around immunization globally and to promote large-scale vaccination against COVID-19.

The South-Eastern Europe Health Network joins the international call to support successful Covid-19 vaccination campaign rollout in its Member States, enabling the country preparedness and the safeguard of lives and livelihoods from the grip of the pandemic.

The SEEHN, Project HOPE and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at the Watson Institute of Brown University have partnered to deliver a COVID-19 vaccine training program for frontline responders.

As vaccines become available, local vaccinators are racing against time to immunize as many people as possible. These trainings contribute to health care workers’ skills and equip them with adequate knowledge and skills to respond rapidly and safely.

The modularized healthcare worker training, planned for mid-May 2021, will be conducted in coordination with SEE Health Network Member States Ministries of Health and other local partners to ensure that country-specific information is integrated into the training curriculum.

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