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Flu campaign

07-Dec-07

The DoH's 'Catch It, Bin It, Kill it' campaign has been launched to encourage the practice of better hygiene.

It will run until spring 2008 and will include ads on buses, trains and the London Underground and in GP surgeries and hospitals. Pictured: Actors form a giant nose and hand at London's Trafalgar Square to mark the launch. More information on the campaign at www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/.

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