The top two killers of young children around the world are diarrheal diseases and pneumonia, which kill about 1.8 million children each year
One out of three young children who get diarrhea and almost one out of five young children who get respiratory infections such as pneumonia would benefit from handwashing with soap.
Despite the fact that people around the world clean their hands with water, very few wash their hands with soap. Soap removes germs much more effectively than water.