The Department of Water and Sanitation in Mpumalanga (DWS) will embark on a handwashing education drive to encourage and remind the residents of Emalahleni of the importance of handwashing on Tuesday, 22 November 2016.
This is part of the department’s on going Sanitation Campaign which seeks to inculcate the culture of handwashing with soap as an important measure in a fight against contagious diseases.
In this campaign, members of the public are taught about how and when to wash hands to prevent spreading diseases.
Hands are the most common highways to the transmission and spread of bacteria and viruses that cause diseases, food-borne illness, diarrhea infections resulting in people being hospitalized for treatment and at worst death.
Media is invited as follows:
Date: 22 November 2016
Venue: Highveld Mall, Emalahleni Local Municipality
Time: 8:30 – 18:00
For more information contact:
Themba Khoza
Cell: 082 600 5666
