HYGIENE

Safe hygiene practices which include:

• Taking drinking water from protected sources like handpumps or protected wells, rather than rivers or ponds.

• Keeping water pots covered when they are not in use.

• Going to the toilet at a safe distance from water sources that are used for drinking, cooking or other household purposes.

• Ensuring animals are kept away from houses, water sources and latrines • Using a sanitary latrine instead of going to the toilet in the bush.

• Handwashing with soap and water after going to the toilet and before eating.

• Making drainage channels or soakpits to take wastewater away from wells and homes.

• Washing fruit and vegetables before cutting, keeping cooked food covered and utensils off the ground.

Simple solutions to global problems:

• The simple act of washing hands regularly with soap and water can reduce diarrhoeal diseases by a third.

• Washing face and hands regularly with clean water can prevent the spread of trachoma, the largest cause of preventable blindness in the developing world.

• Wearing shoes in latrines can stop hookworms penetrating the skin on people’s feet.