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Soap for refugee shelters; a matter of life and death as pandemic continues

Soap for refugee shelters; a matter of life and death as pandemic continues

May 06, 2020, at 03:21 pm

New York/IBNS: Handwashing with soap and water has been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an extremely important way to reduce the spread of COVID-19 but, in many countries, even basic facilities are hard to come by. On Hand Hygiene Day, marked on Tuesday, we look in-depth at the work that one US-based NGO is doing, providing soap in shelters supported by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), in Mexico.