Researchers pilot "Tab Soap," a new and affordable hand-cleansing technology, produced in dispenser roll or tear-off formats, which could make hand cleansing more popular and accessible around the world
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283741
Article Title: Development of a novel hand cleansing product for low-income contexts: The case of tab soap
Author Countries: UK
Funding: This project was supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO, P07540) and supported by the CLEAR consortium which includes various industry, academic and government partners including the Ministry of Health in Tanzania. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Development of a novel hand cleansing product for low-income contexts: The case of tab soap
31-May-2023
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