zh-cn	联合国儿童基金会：
en-us	UNICEF: 

zh-cn	用肥皂勤洗手对抗击2019冠状病毒病十分关键，然而全球数十亿人仍缺乏相关设施
en-us	Handwashing with soap, critical in the fight against coronavirus, is ‘out of reach’ for billions

zh-cn	越南老街孟康少数民族寄宿学校中的少数民族孩子们快乐地用肥皂和清水洗手。
en-us	Children from different ethnic minority in Muong Khuong Ethnic Minority Boarding School, Lao Cai enjoy washing their hands with soap and clean water. 

zh-cn	保持良好的个人卫生应当成为一种日常生活习惯。
en-us	Good hygiene practices must become a habit, which requires choosing to perform them on a regular basis.

zh-cn	纽约，2020年3月13日 —— 联合国儿童基金会今日表示，正确使用肥皂洗手，对于抗击2019冠状病毒病疫情至关重要，然而全世界数十亿人仍面临着缺乏洗手设施的处境。
en-us	NEW YORK, 13 March 2020 – Handwashing with soap, when done correctly, is critical in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but millions of people have no ready access to a place to wash their hands, UNICEF said today. 

zh-cn	最新数据显示，全球仅有五分之三的人口拥有基本的洗手设施。
en-us	In total, only 3 out of 5 people worldwide have basic handwashing facilities, according to the latest data.

zh-cn	随着疫情在全球持续蔓延，联合国儿童基金会提醒公众洗手的重要性——它是预防病毒感染的一个关键方法，同时敦促各国加大力度推广这一最基本的公共卫生干预措施。
en-us	As the pandemic continues its spread, UNICEF is reminding the public of the importance of handwashing as a key prevention measure against COVID-19 and urging renewed efforts to provide access to this most basic of public health interventions around the world.

zh-cn	“用肥皂洗手是避免自己和他人感染2019冠状病毒病及其他传染性疾病最经济、最有效的方法之一。
en-us	“Handwashing with soap is one of the cheapest, most effective things you can do to protect yourself and others against coronavirus, as well as many other infectious diseases. 

zh-cn	然而，对于数十亿人而言，连这最基本的行为也是奢望。”联合国儿童基金会项目司司长桑杰·韦杰塞克若（Sanjay Wijesekera）表示，
en-us	Yet for billions, even this most basic of steps is simply out of reach.” said Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF Director of Programmes. 

zh-cn	“用肥皂洗手虽不是灵丹妙药，
en-us	“It is far from a magic bullet. 

zh-cn	但是确保人们了解什么是使他们和家人安全的措施是十分重要的，
en-us	But it is important to make sure people know what steps they should take to keep themselves and their families safe, 

zh-cn	即便我们长期以来一直致力于为每个人提供基本的个人卫生和环境卫生设施。”
en-us	even as we continue our longstanding efforts to make basic hygiene and sanitation available to everyone.”

zh-cn	在全球许多地区，儿童、家长、教师、医务工作者和其他社区成员在家中、医疗机构、学校或其他场所无法使用到基本的洗手设施。
en-us	In many parts of the world, children, parents, teachers, healthcare workers and other members of the community do not have access to basic handwashing facilities at home, in healthcare facilities, schools or elsewhere. 

zh-cn	最新估算数据显示：
en-us	According to the latest estimates:

zh-cn	全球40%的人口（约30亿人）家中缺乏配备水和肥皂的洗手设施。
en-us	40 per cent of the world’s population, or 3 billion people, do not have a handwashing facility with water and soap at home. 

zh-cn	在最不发达国家，近四分之三的人家中缺乏基本的洗手设施。
en-us	Nearly three quarters of the people in least developed countries lack basic handwashing facilities at home.

zh-cn	47%的学校缺乏配备水和肥皂的洗手设施，这影响到九亿学龄儿童。
en-us	47 per cent of schools lacked a handwashing facility with water and soap affecting 900 million school-age children. 

zh-cn	全球三分之一以上的学校和最不发达国家中的半数学校不具备任何可供儿童洗手的场所。
en-us	Over one third of schools worldwide and half of schools in the least developed countries have no place for children to wash their hands at all. 

zh-cn	16%（约占全球六分之一）的医疗机构中，其提供医疗服务的场所都没有可供正常使用的厕所或洗手设施。
en-us	16 per cent of healthcare facilities, or around 1 in 6, had no functional toilets or handwashing facilities at either points of care where patients are treated.

zh-cn	由于城市人口密度大，以及在商业场所、公共交通工具和宗教场所等拥挤的环境中发生人口聚集的几率高，城市居民面临着更大的病毒性呼吸道感染风险。
en-us	Urban populations are particularly at risk of viral respiratory infections due to population density and more frequent public gatherings in crowded spaces like markets, public transport or places of worship. 

zh-cn	居住于城市贫民区这一生活条件最差的非正式居住区的人们面临着更大风险。
en-us	People living in urban poor slums – the worst form of informal settlement – are particularly at risk. 

zh-cn	因此，洗手变得愈发重要。
en-us	As a result, handwashing becomes even more important. 

zh-cn	然而：
en-us	Yet:

zh-cn	在撒哈拉以南非洲地区，63%的城市人口（约2.58亿人）缺乏洗手设施。
en-us	In sub-Saharan Africa, 63 per cent of people in urban areas, or 258 million people, lack access to handwashing. 

zh-cn	例如，大约47%的南非城市居民（约1800万人）家中缺乏基本的洗手设施，而最富有的城市居民使用上洗手设施的可能性几乎是前者的12倍。
en-us	Some 47 per cent of urban South Africans, for example, or 18 million people, lack basic handwashing facilities at home with the richest urban dwellers nearly 12 times more likely to have access to handwashing facility.

zh-cn	在中亚和南亚地区，22%的城市人口（约1.53亿人）缺乏洗手设施。
en-us	In Central and South Asia, 22 per cent of people in urban areas, or 153 million people, lack access to handwashing.

zh-cn	例如，近50%的孟加拉城市人口（约2900万人）、20%的印度城市人口（约9100万人）家中缺乏基本的洗手设施。
en-us	Nearly 50 per cent of urban Bangladeshis, for example, or 29 million people; and 20 per cent of urban Indians, or 91 million, lack basic handwashing facilities at home.

zh-cn	在东亚地区，28%的印度尼西亚城市人口（约4100万人）和15%的菲律宾城市人口（约700万人）家中缺乏基本的洗手设施。
en-us	In East Asia, 28 per cent of urban Indonesians, or 41 million people, and 15 per cent of urban Filipinos, or 7 million people, lack basic handwashing facilities at home.

zh-cn	洗手也是避免医务人员感染，预防2019冠状病毒病及其它传染性疾病在医疗机构传播的关键措施之一。
en-us	Handwashing is also key to protect health workers from infection and prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infections in healthcare facilities. 

zh-cn	因2019冠状病毒病疫情对受影响国家的医疗服务提供也造成了影响，此时通过使用肥皂勤洗手来预防常见的呼吸道疾病和腹泻就显得更加重要。
en-us	As the coronavirus response takes its toll on the health services in the affected countries, the practice of handwashing with soap is even more important in warding off common respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases.

zh-cn	联合国儿童基金会在全球各地开展工作，以确保儿童及其父母能用上适当的洗手设施。
en-us	UNICEF works around the world to ensure children and their parents have access to appropriate handwashing facilities. 

zh-cn	此外，联合国儿童基金会还在超过90个国家推广勤洗手的良好个人卫生习惯，并与各国政府合作制定促进洗手行为的政策、战略和行动计划。
en-us	Additionally, UNICEF promotes handwashing in over 90 countries, working with governments to develop handwashing policies, strategies and action plans. 

zh-cn	我们还支持全国性的洗手宣传倡导活动，包括通过大众传媒以及与社区卫生工作者和实地工作人员合作来推广勤洗手的习惯，并携手学校和教师来让儿童了解洗手的重要性。
en-us	We also support national handwashing campaigns, including through mass media, through work with community health and outreach workers to make sure they promote handwashing, and through work with schools and teachers to teach children the importance of handwashing.

zh-cn	为抗击2019冠状病毒病，联合国儿童基金会倡导如下的科学洗手方法，以达到最佳效果：
en-us	As part of their coronavirus response, UNICEF is also reminding the public of the best way to wash their hands properly:

zh-cn	第一步：用流动水润湿双手
en-us	1. Wet hands with running water

zh-cn	第二步：使用足量的肥皂涂抹双手
en-us	2. Apply enough soap to cover wet hands

zh-cn	第三步：仔细揉搓双手各个部位，包括手背、指间和指甲缝，持续至少20秒
en-us	3. Scrub all surfaces of the hands – including back of hands, between fingers and under nails – for at least 20 seconds

zh-cn	第四步：用流动水冲净泡沫
en-us	4. Rinse thoroughly with running water

zh-cn	第五步：用干净的布或一次性毛巾擦干双手
en-us	5. Dry hands with a clean cloth or single-use towel