SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands: WHO's global annual campaign

IPCAN calls on its members to rise to the challenge of registering 1000 healthcare facilities across Africa by 5th May! Currently we are the least of all the countries registered to support hand hygiene-- let us join hands to increase the awareness for hand hygiene in Africa!

Click here to download the invitation to participate.

To register go to http://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/en/index.html

Registration update - countries or areas

If you have already registered for SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands there is no need to register again each year.

As of 6 December 2010, a total of 12 152 hospitals and health-care facilities in 145 countries or areas have registered their commitment to hand hygiene as part of the global campaign – SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands. Congratulations!

The list below, last updated 6 December 2010, sets out the countries or areas from where hospitals and health-care facilities have registered. They are identified by WHO region.

At the beginning of 2009, registrations opened for all hospitals and health-care facilities around the world to show their interest in, and support for this new initiative to promote greater awareness of the importance of hand hygiene at the point of care.

To find out more. Click on the left tab "SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands".

WHO African REGION - 411 hospitals

• Algeria (17)
• Botswana (4)
• Burkina Faso (2)
• Burundi (2)
• Cameroon (1)
• Comoros (1)
• Congo (1)
• Cote d'Ivoire (1)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
• Ethiopia (4)
• Ghana (1)
• Kenya (6)
• Liberia (1)
• Malawi (1)
• Mali (2)
• Mauritius (3)
• Mozambique (1)
• Nigeria (214)
• Rwanda (2)
• Senegal (7)
• Seychelles (1)
• Sierra Leone (1)
• South Africa (130)
• Uganda (2)
• United Republic of Tanzania (4)

WHO Americas REGION - 3102 hospitals

• Antigua and Barbuda (1)
• Argentina (108)
• Bahamas (1)
• Bermuda (1)
• Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (4)
• Brazil (343)
• British Virgin Islands (2)
• Canada (122)
• Chile (30)
• Colombia (66)
• Costa Rica (1)
• Cuba (1)
• Dominican Republic (1)
• Ecuador (4)
• El Salvador (8)
• Grenada (2)
• Guam (1)
• Guatemala (3)
• Haiti (2)
• Honduras (2)
• Jamaica (1)
• Mexico (52)
• Nicaragua (1)
• Panama (4)
• Paraguay (6)
• Peru (27)
• Puerto Rico (5)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
• Suriname (1)
• Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• United States of America (2203)
• Uruguay (91)
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (4)

WHO Eastern Mediterranean REGION - 473 hospitals

• Bahrain (3)
• Egypt (60)
• Iran (Islamic Republic of) (193)
• Iraq (1)
• Jordan (25)
• Kuwait (10)
• Lebanon (9)
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2)
• Morocco (5)
• West Bank and Gaza Strip (3)
• Oman (13)
• Pakistan (20)
• Qatar (17)
• Saudi Arabia (57)
• Sudan (6)
• Syrian Arab Republic (3)
• Tunisia (7)
• United Arab Emirates (38)
• Yemen (2)

WHO European REGION - 4520 hospitals

• Albania (1)
• Armenia (1)
• Austria (2)
• Azerbaijan (1)
• Belarus (4)
• Belgium (142)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
• Bulgaria (12)
• Canada (1)
• Croatia (4)
• Cyprus (3)
• Czech Republic (19)
• Denmark (1)
• Estonia (9)
• Finland (18)
• France (2330)
• Georgia (4)
• Germany (696)
• Greece (14)
• Hungary (50)
• Ireland (50)
• Israel (9)
• Italy (215)
• Kazakhstan (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Lithuania (4)
• Malta (4)
• Netherlands (10)
• Norway (42)
• Poland (3)
• Portugal (13)
• Romania (3)
• Serbia (30)
• Slovakia (1)
• Slovenia (9)
• Spain (448)
• Sweden (23)
• Switzerland (26)
• The Former Yugoslav Rep of Macedonia (3)
• Turkey (17)
• United Kingdom (293)

WHO South East Asian REGION - 999 hospitals

• Bangladesh (4)
• Bhutan (1)
• India (539)
• Indonesia (57)
• Maldives (9)
• Nepal (1)
• Sri Lanka (4)
• Thailand (384)

WHO Western Pacific Region - 2646 hospitals

• Australia (346)
• Brunei Darussalam (5)
• Cambodia (6)
• China (161)
• Fiji (4)
• Japan (5)
• Lao People's Democratic Republic (1)
• Malaysia (20)
• Marshall Islands (1)
• Mongolia (4)
• New Caledonia (2)
• New Zealand (27)
• Papua New Guinea (3)
• Philippines (1996)
• Republic of Korea (2)
• Singapore (34)
• Tonga (1)
• Viet Nam (28)