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Disease Prevention and Environmental Sanitation Topic 3 Environmental sanitation and hygiene The environment may be defined as the condition that surrounds us which influences how we behave, develop and survive. It includes our culture, the land, the laws, and the physical facilities. Although all these affect our health, we shall focus on the physical environment and how we should handle it. Poor liquid and solid waste disposal has been identified as an important cause of diarrhea and food borne diseases. The liquid waste comes from urine and waste water from our kitchens and bathrooms, whilst solid waste comes from faeces, leftover food, animal droppings, plastics and effluents from industries. Promoting environmental sanitation Improving environmental sanitation would reduce the reported number of diseases. Environmental sanitation means keeping the immediate surroundings clean and properly disposing of refuse or waste including proper burial of dead bodies, minerals and animals. It is the community members who produce both liquid and solid waste; therefore, keeping the community clean should involve the entire community. Box 4.2.3 lists some environmental actions that can be taken to prevent some diseases. What are some environmental problems we find in our communities that affect our health? What can community members do to keep their communities clean so as to prevent diseases? Volunteers should take part in making their communities healthy places to live in (Box 4.2.3). Your role is to talk to community members about keeping their environment clean. The exercise below will help you identify your roles in promoting sanitation and hygiene. Figure 4.2.6: Illustrates a child defaecating in the open. Suc open defaecation can transmit many diseases including worm, typhoid fever and cholera. 197
Module 4 The work of <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Volunteers 198 Exercise 4.2.3 Objective 1. To discuss ways of promoting environmental sanitation Time: 15 Minutes Questions 1. How do you promote environmental sanitation in your community? 2. What roles can volunteers play in ensuring that our communities are kept clean? Instructions to the Facilitator 1. Lead participants to brainstorm the topic ‘Promoting Environmental Sanitation”. 2. Discuss and compare the responses with those in Box 4.2.3 and fill in the gaps. Box 4.2.3: How can volunteers promote environmental sanitation? 1. Educate communities about the health benefits of cleanliness 2. Mobilise members for communal labour to clean up communities periodically 3. Convince the community to avoid littering 4. Live by example for others to follow 5. Mobilise communities to build a place of convenience
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