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National Hygiene Week Raises Awareness Of Hygiene Poverty.

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Hygiene poverty can lead to parents reusing dirty nappies, whole households sharing one toothbrush, and being unable to wash clothes.

National Hygiene Week is aiming to raise awareness of hygiene poverty.

It's the inability to afford many of the everyday hygiene items most of us take for granted, which can affect anyone in financial difficulty.

Hygiene poverty exists in Ireland and can lead to parents reusing dirty nappies, whole households sharing one toothbrush, and being unable to wash clothes.

Hygiene Bank Ireland Head of Volunteering, Rosie McDonagh says it's happened a lot during the pandemic

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