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Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management & Pacific Climate Change Round Table 2013 Download as iCal file
From Monday, 01 July 2013 -  8:00am
To Friday, 05 July 2013 - 5:00pm
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TECHNICAL Meetings associated with the 1st Joint Meeting of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management & Pacific Climate Change Round Table 2013

• 19th Regional Disaster Managers Meeting
• Pacific Meteorological Council
• Strategic Alliance Meeting of Pacific Islands Disaster, Fire & Emergency Services and Police
• Pacific Climate Change Round Table Technical Meeting
• Pacific Regional Water & Sanitation Consultations
Location : Tanoa hotel,Nadi
Contact : Asinate Nawamea

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Newsflash

The Global Handwashing Day is being celebrated around the globe on October 15. Simply washing hands with soap breaks the transmission route of infectious diseases, which is crucial in saving lives. Washing hands with soap at critical times can reduce diarrhoeal incidence by 47%. Diarrhoea occupies a leading position among diseases as a cause of death and illness, especially in children.

In the Pacific region, around 3000 children under the age of 5 years die from diarrhoea annually. Globally, hand washing could save around 1 million lives, more than any single vaccine or medical intervention.

Hand washing with soap at critical times is a simple and cost-effective measure to improve health and will significantly reduce the two leading causes of childhood mortality worldwide – diarrhoeal disease and acute respiratory infection.