Henry the Hand Foundation: Helping "Spread the Word Not the Germs" Globally

Henry the Hand Foundation was recently contacted by a medical student, Anjanna Kukreja, who attends Penang Medical College. Penang Medical College is located on the little island of Penang, which is part of Malaysia. As part of a final year project, she and four other medical students organized a health promotion campaign in a primary school. “The campaign went really well and the kids loved Henry and learned how important it was to wash their hands,” Anjanna said. The group made Full Article

        At a NASN conference earlier this year, there was a theme: many of the school nurses commented that an increased compliance of proper hand washing and hand hygiene was what kept the incidences of flu down during last school year. Contrary to popular belief, it was not the flu vaccine that prevented another flu epidemic; rather, increased Hand Awareness contributed to preventing the spread of disease in our schools.                This is good news for students, Full Article

 Respiratory and gastrointestinal infections, along with foodbourne illnesses, span countries and datelines. Luckily, primary infection prevention techniques know no boundaries. Plus, Henry, as a hand, speaks all languages! Recently, Henry the Hand Foundation produced Malaysian and Swahili posters and bookmarks, thanks to Champion Handwashers who helped translate the 4 Principles of Hand Awareness from English into their countries' languages. We also offer posters in Creole and Spanish. Full Article

  Henry the Hand was seen at the Western & Southern Financial Group Men & Women's Open on Monday, August 16, 2010. He gave lots of high-fives and handed out stickers and temporary tattoos to children ... if they promised to wash their hands before and after eating!  Henry was quite the model and posed for many pictures with tennis fans and Champion Handwashers. Did YOU see Henry at the ATP Tournament this year?    A Henry-sized tennis racquet!    With Penny, the ATP's Full Article

           Petting zoos are a fun, summer pastime for children and their families. Unfortunately, petting zoos can be breeding grounds for salmonella and E.coli, posing serious health risks for children and their parents. In fact, petting zoos have been sued in the past after children have gotten sick, hospitalized and even had to receive kidney transplants after contracting a disease from the animals. But are the petting zoos really to blame?             Petting Full Article