General Knowledge · Public Health & Hygiene
Statement 1: Personal hygiene practices such as handwashing with soap can reduce the incidence of diarrhoeal diseases by up to 40–50% and respiratory infections by approximately 20%, making them among the most cost-effective public health interventions. Statement 2: The primary mechanism through which handwashing prevents disease transmission is by eliminating pathogens at the portal of EXIT in the chain of infection.
- 1Both statements are incorrect
- 2Statement 1 is incorrect, but Statement 2 is correct
- 3Statement 1 is correct, but Statement 2 is incorrect✓
- 4Both statements are correct
Correct answer
Statement 1 is correct, but Statement 2 is incorrect
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