73% of Ugandans Don't Wash Hands After Using Toilets - Minister

Minister of Health Jane Aceng says opinion leaders should encourage people - especially men - to wash their hands after using the toilet.

Only 27 percent of Ugandans wash their hands with soap and water after using the toilet, health ministry Jane Ruth Aceng says.

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