MUST READ: How to Wash your HANDS to PREVENT EBOLA

The Ebola Virus Disease is killing daily in various parts of West Africa. In fact, as at last count, about 1,825 persons have been infected with the viral disease in the last seven months, while over 900 persons have died.

 Some may still wonder: Why are there so many causalities? It is simple! It is a highly infectious disease, such that one can contact it just by touching the surface that an infected person had touched previously.

Experts say you only need to have touched the body fluids of an infected person – which include sweat, saliva and tears – for you to get infected. It is that deadly.

But as infectious as Ebola is, there are some lifestyle and hygienic habits that one can adopt as an individual, family or organisation to reduce one’s risk of contracting it.

One of them is hand washing with soap. Public health physician, Dr. Segun Adeboye, notes that the importance of washing one’s hands with soap and water to get rid of germs , bacteria and other viruses cannot be overemphasized.

According to him, this age-long habit has been proved to reduce the risk of getting infections by more than 60 per cent.

Adeboye says, “ Many people are aware of washing of hands, but what we are saying is that you should use soap or a disinfectant when you are washing those hands. That is what will kill the bacteria or virus. Also, the hand is the means by which most infections are contracted. And the average person touches his/her mouth at least 10 times a day.

Use this weekend to look at ways you can make your home cleaner and safer for you, your family and your community.

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