BANGKOK, 16 October 2013 (NNT) – The Public Health Ministry said 41 percent of Thais were washing their hands the wrong way, while a survey found that only 61 percent of people in Bangkok washed their hands before eating.

The Public Health Ministry has come out to urge Thais to always wash their hands with soap in a bid to prevent bacterial infections. According to statistics collected by UNICEF, up to 3.5 million children aged 5 years or less worldwide each year die of diarrhea, while pneumonia kills more than 2 million kids a year.

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