NEW ZEALAND: A helping hand may reduce illness in Waikato - (Waikato District Health Board)
May 20, 2008 – 8:56 pmA helping hand may reduce illness in Waikato schools
Children in Waikato are learning how to stop the spread of diseases including the common cold, influenza and gastrointestinal infections.
Hands up for Health teaches children how to wash and dry their hands properly as the best way to prevent communicable diseases spreading.
The Waikato District Health BoardÂ’s Population Health Service campaign has been taken into Waikato primary and intermediate schools, as well as registered early childhood centres. It is a finalist in the 2008 New Zealand Health Innovation Awards (HIA) and will be competing against 19 other finalists, two of which are also from the Waikato.
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