(UNICAMP - 2010 - 2ª fase)
Global Handwashing Day
October 15, 2009
Although people around the world wash their hands with water, very few wash their hands with soap at critical moments. Global Handwashing Day will be the centerpiece of a week of activities that will mobilize millions of people across five continents to turn handwashing with soap before eating and after using the toilet into an ingrained habit. This could save more lives than any single vaccine or medical intervention, cutting deaths from diarrhea by almost half and deaths from acute respiratory infections by about a quarter.
(Adaptado de http://www.globalhandwashingday.org/Global_Handwashing _Day_2nd_Edition.pdf. Acessado em 16/07/2009.)
a) Que hábito a campanha descrita no texto pretende incentivar?
b) Segundo o texto, em quanto esse hábito pode reduzir as taxas de mortalidade?
Gabarito:
Resolução:
a) A campanha busca incentivar o hábito de lavar as mãos com sabonete antes de comer e depois de usar o banheiro.
b) Segundo o texto, as mortes por diarréia seriam reduzidas pela metade, enquanto as mortes por infecções respiratórias diminuiriam em 25%.