“Mom, I’m hungry.” — “Go wash your hands first!”

We hear it all the time. So why do our parents keep reminding us to wash our hands? Let’s look why it’s so important.

Hygiene means doing things to stay healthy and stop sickness from spreading. This includes washing hands, taking baths or showers, cleaning surfaces and handling food carefully. When we practice good hygiene, we lower the chances of getting sick and help keep ourselves and others healthy. This is important for everyone's well-being and to keep communities safe.

Because we constantly touch things in our environment that may carry microbes, washing our hands well is particularly important for stopping these microbes from spreading. Especially in places like hospitals, washing hands helps keep everyone safe from serious illnesses.

If you want to learn the art of hand washing in fun way, watch our video — and learn the proper step by step process recommended by the NHS.

Mystery Game: From the brewery to the ice-cream shop, people are getting sick. Put on the hat of a ‘Medical Officer of Health’ and find the mysterious source of this outbreak!

(Concept & Script by Claas Kirchhelle & Samantha Vanderslott. Game Development by Renderheads. Design by Ben Leighton. For more educational games, graphic novels, and animations on typhoid and enteric fever visit Typhoidland)