{"id":364379,"date":"2024-10-16T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379"},"modified":"2024-10-15T21:48:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T19:48:42","slug":"hand-washing-and-toilet-day-commemorated-at-otjiwarongo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379","title":{"rendered":"Hand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"
PICTURED: Deputy Health and Social Services Minister Ester Muinjangue officiating at the Hand Washing and Toilet Day event in Otjiwarongo. Photo: MoHSS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE Ministry of Health and Social Services, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, joined the international community in the sixteenth annual commemoration of Global Hand Washing Day as well as the second yearly commemoration of World Toilet Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main commemorative event was held in Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Toilet Day was commemorated under the theme, \u201cToilet: A Place for Peace,\u201d while the Hand Washing part was held under the theme, \u201cWhy Are Clean Hands Still Important?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Health and Social Services, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, joined the international community in the sixteenth annual commemoration of Global Hand Washing Day as well as the second yearly commemoration of World Toilet Day. The main commemorative event was held in Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region. World Toilet …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":364380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nHand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE Ministry of Health and Social Services, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, joined the international community...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo - Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE Ministry of Health and Social Services, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, joined the international community...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-16T03:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hand-Washing-and-Toilet-Day-commemorated-at-Otjiwarongo-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg?fit=879%2C581&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"879\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"581\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\"},\"headline\":\"Hand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-16T03:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379\"},\"wordCount\":112,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Hand-Washing-and-Toilet-Day-commemorated-at-Otjiwarongo-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379\",\"name\":\"Hand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo - Informant\u00e9\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Hand-Washing-and-Toilet-Day-commemorated-at-Otjiwarongo-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-16T03:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"THE Ministry of Health and Social Services, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, joined the international community...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Hand-Washing-and-Toilet-Day-commemorated-at-Otjiwarongo-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Hand-Washing-and-Toilet-Day-commemorated-at-Otjiwarongo-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"width\":879,\"height\":581},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=364379#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"name\":\"Informant\u00e9\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Informante\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"width\":655,\"height\":656,\"caption\":\"Informante\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/informantenam\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/informantenews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/informante_news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\",\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?author=10\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo - Informant\u00e9","description":"THE Ministry of Health and Social Services, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, joined the international community...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo - Informant\u00e9","og_description":"THE Ministry of Health and Social Services, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, joined the international community...","og_url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379","og_site_name":"Informant\u00e9","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","article_published_time":"2024-10-16T03:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":879,"height":581,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hand-Washing-and-Toilet-Day-commemorated-at-Otjiwarongo-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg?fit=879%2C581&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Staff Reporter","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@informantenews","twitter_site":"@informantenews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Reporter","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379"},"author":{"name":"Staff Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80"},"headline":"Hand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo","datePublished":"2024-10-16T03:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379"},"wordCount":112,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hand-Washing-and-Toilet-Day-commemorated-at-Otjiwarongo-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379","name":"Hand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo - Informant\u00e9","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hand-Washing-and-Toilet-Day-commemorated-at-Otjiwarongo-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-16T03:00:00+00:00","description":"THE Ministry of Health and Social Services, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, joined the international community...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hand-Washing-and-Toilet-Day-commemorated-at-Otjiwarongo-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hand-Washing-and-Toilet-Day-commemorated-at-Otjiwarongo-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","width":879,"height":581},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=364379#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hand Washing and Toilet Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","name":"Informant\u00e9","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization","name":"Informante","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","width":655,"height":656,"caption":"Informante"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","https:\/\/x.com\/informantenews","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/informante_news","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80","name":"Staff Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?author=10"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=364379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/364380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=364379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=364379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}