Good Sanitation and Hygiene means Good Health
By Abubakar Mohammed
15th
October every year is marked as hand washing day world-wide, why is this day
importance to us?
The Director, Sanitation
and Hygiene Promotion Adamawa State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency,
Alh. Zubairu Ali said Hand washing is the single
most effective way to prevent the spread of infections. You can spread germs (viruses
and bacteria) as such he encourage people to always wash their hands after using toilets and washrooms, After blowing nose or sneezing in hands, before and
after eating, Visiting or caring for sick people or Handling pets, and animals and their wastes as well as changing
diapers etc
Ensuring
that employees wash their hands properly after using the washroom, the Director
call on all organizations such as schools to introduce proper hand washing practice
in order to reduce disease transmission.
According to UNICEF, less
than 800 of 1,400 children deaths in Nigeria are caused by diarrhea daily
which could be attributed to poor sanitation and inadequate water because children
at the first month of their lives were very vulnerable to diseases easily transmitted
through unwashed hands, regular practice of hand washing saves more lives than
any single vaccine or medical intervention. It also reduces deaths from diarrhea by almost half and deaths from acute respiratory infections.
Adamawa State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation
Agency in collaboration with EU/UNICEF are implementing a four year programme on
Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Phase III in Mubi South and Fufore
Local Governments of Adamawa State with a target population of 413,488 persons
to benefit from improved safe drinking water, good sanitation and sustained good
hygiene practice in both communities and schools.
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