Ocean Soaps Committed to Improving Hand Hygiene
Every October 15, millions of people come together to celebrate Global Handwashing Day through worldwide celebrations, events, and advocacy campaigns.
Founded in 2008 by the Global Handwashing Partnership, Global Handwashing Day serves as a platform to raise awareness of and encourage action around handwashing with soap at a global, regional, and national level.
The theme of this year’s Global Handwashing Day is ‘Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together’.
The unprecedented nature of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight the critical role hand hygiene plays in disease transmission.
Theme
This year’s theme is a call to action to work as a collective and leverage lessons learned from COVID-19 response to address the historic neglect of hand hygiene in investments, policies, and programs once and for all.
As we enter a new normal, the future state of hand hygiene is in our hands.
This is evident by the fact that globally, 2.3 billion people still lack access to a basic handwashing facility.
Although the pandemic led to an overall increase in handwashing rates, practices have not increased equally and people living in fragile settings or lower middle-income country (LMIC) countries have continued to face barriers to handwashing during the pandemic.
We must ensure that handwashing behaviors are supported and sustained for everyone, everywhere.
Global Handwashing Day serves as an opportunity for handwashing champions to take action to promote and sustain handwashing habits.
Like previous years, Ocean Soaps will celebrate Global Handwashing Day by scheduled event, participating in a digital campaign, and spreading the word about the importance of handwashing amongst staff and families.
Ocean Soaps Range Helps Embrace Global Handwashing Day
Ocean Soaps is Fiji’s leading manufacturer of bathing soaps, soap powder, fresh air deodorants, multipurpose bars, dishwashing liquids, window cleaners, sand soap and candles.
Ocean Soaps is represented throughout the South Pacific region with a strong presence in various countries such as New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati and the Solomon Islands.
The factory is based in Lautoka and is equipped with State-of-the-Art, Italian manufactured Mazzoni production line which produces a wide range of laundry and bathing soaps, automated pillow packed and conventional packed soaps.
In response to unprecedented pandemic, Ocean Soaps has prioritized in developing efficient and effective products that keeps people safe during the pandemic.
Our range of frontline fighter products are:
■MedX Antibacterial Soaps – In 2019, Ocean Soaps introduced new range of Antibacterial Soaps – MedX in three variants i.e. Active Care, Citrus Care, and Deo Care which
are available at all supermarkets.
MedX Antibacterial Soaps protects skin from harmful germs and bacteria and keeps your family safe.
■MedX Deo Care Hand Wash – This product is one of the new releases from Ocean Soaps.
The recently introduced MedX Hand Wash comes in Deo Care variant and is available at supermarkets near you.
The antibacterial hand wash provides germ free protection and is made for everyday use for the whole family.
■MedX Hand Sanitizer i.e. 70 percent Ethyl Alcohol – The MedX Hand Sanitizer (meets the WHO and CDC standards). It kills germs without water. MedX Hand Sanitizer comes in three different sizes i.e. 60ml, 500ml and 4L.
■MedX Surface Cleanser – This product is Ocean Soap’s latest release into the market and is now available at supermarkets near you. The NEW MedX Surface Cleanser is made to kill germs and bacteria from frequently touched surfaces around the house e.g. door knobs, tables, chairs, fridge etc.
It is specially designed to eliminate the spread of germs on surfaces without the use of harsh chemicals.
Ocean Soaps encourages people to practice good hand hygiene by washing hands with MedX Soap and water frequently.
If you do not have access to clean, running water, use MedX Hand Sanitizer to keep you and your loved ones safe during these difficult times.
Join us in making this year’s Global Handwashing Day a success from your own location on 15 th October, 2021.