Observed each year on 15 October, Global Handwashing Day promotes handwashing with soap as a practical way of reducing the transmission of infectious disease and protecting communities. The Global Handwashing Partnership’s continuing theme, “Be a Handwashing Hero!”, reminds us that good hygiene is not confined to hospitals or health professionals. It happens in homes, schools, workplaces, community settings and the countless everyday interactions through which germs can trave

Today, the Vocational Mental Health Practitioners Association of Australia (VMHPAA) joins the international community in recognising Global Handwashing Day, a reminder that good hygiene is essential not only for physical health, but for mental wellbeing too.