<div dir="ltr"><div>Did you wash your hands yet today?</div>
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<div>It is simply stunning how many deaths in the developing world could be prevented by getting the handwashing message out there.&nbsp; Respiratory and diarrheal illnesses are two&nbsp;of the three leading causes of death (in children under 5 years old), handwashing has a substantial impact on reducing both of these major causes of morbidity and mortality.</div>

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<div>The Health pages on the wiki could use some love, there hasn&#39;t been a lot of activity since earlier this year.&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Health">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Health</a></div>

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<div>Is there anyone out there that is willing to do some work on (for instance&nbsp; <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Water_and_sanitation">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Water_and_sanitation</a>&nbsp;) in honor of Global Handwashing Day?</div>

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<div>Compiling links to high quality information with suitable copyright/licensing status, reaching out to various organizations to change copyright public health&nbsp;materials&nbsp;to Creative Commons or other open licensing, these are all things that begin&nbsp;to move the dial, however slowly.&nbsp; </div>

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<div>OLPC&#39;s content development process is still somewhat opaque and difficult to navigate, I&#39;m glad that my notes on the development of a prototype Health Portal seem to have stimulated some interest in the&nbsp;concept and in particular in the steps that would be needed to create a suitably localized/regionalized spin on it.&nbsp; In the meantime, collecting links to good information on the wiki is still a valuable exercise that can help put some urgency behind pushing forward the&nbsp;content development and presentation infrastructure and you never know who will take inspiration from something you put up on the wiki.</div>

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<div>cjl<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Johnson, Lucy</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:l.johnson@imperial.ac.uk">l.johnson@imperial.ac.uk</a>&gt;</span><br>
Date: Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:29 AM<br>Subject: [schoolhealth] Today is Global Handwashing Day!<br>To: schoolhealth &lt;<a href="mailto:schoolhealth@imperial.ac.uk">schoolhealth@imperial.ac.uk</a>&gt;<br><br><br>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Dear Colleagues,</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">The first-ever Global Handwashing Day is being held</font></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri"> today -</font></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri"> Wednesday October 15th 2008. As 2008 is the UN International Year of Sanitation, the Global Handwashing Day reinforces the call for improved hygiene practices.</font></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">For more information visit</font></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span><a href="http://www.globalhandwashingday.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-gb"><u><font face="Calibri" color="#0000ff">www.globalhandwashingday.org</font></u></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></a><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">On the Schools and Health site, information on water and sanitation can be found on the following pages under the &#39;Water and Sanitation&#39; topic heading:</font></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Resource links:</font></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Document downloads:</font></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span><a href="http://www.schoolsandhealth.org/Pages/DocumentDownloads.aspx" target="_blank"><span lang="en-gb"><u><font face="Calibri" color="#0000ff">www.schoolsandhealth.org/Pages/DocumentDownloads.aspx</font></u></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></a><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Country programmes:</font></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span><a href="http://www.schoolsandhealth.org/Pages/Country.asp" target="_blank"><span lang="en-gb"><u><font face="Calibri" color="#0000ff">www.schoolsandhealth.org/Pages/Country.asp</font></u></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></a><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span></p>

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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Best wishes,</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Lucy</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">L</font><font face="Calibri">ucinda Johnson</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Programme Manager</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">The Partnership for Child Development</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Faculty of Medicine</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Imperial College London</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Norfolk Place</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">London W2 1PG</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Ph:</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri"> +44</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Calibri">(</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">0</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">)</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">207 594 3292</font></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">Fax:</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Calibri">+44</font> <font face="Calibri">(</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">0</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">)</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri">207 262 7912</font></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"></span><a href="http://www.child-development.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-gb"><u></u></span><u><span lang="en-gb"></span></u><u><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri" color="#0000ff">www.child-development.org</font></span></u><span lang="en-gb"></span></a><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-gb"></span><a href="http://www.schoolsandhealth.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-gb"><u></u></span><u><span lang="en-gb"></span></u><u><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri" color="#0000ff">www.schoolsandhealth.org</font></span></u><span lang="en-gb"></span></a><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span></p>

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