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Sanitation, the First Step in Personal Health

Awareness of sanitation is still low in the community, can trigger environmental pollution, deterioration in health quality, to the spread of infectious diseases. Therefore, sanitation must start from changing your own behavior. Sanitation can basically be interpreted as the ability to maintain cleanliness and a proper place to defecate. More broadly, sanitation also refers to the maintenance of hygienic conditions through services such as garbage collection, waste water treatment and disposal, and management of industrial hazardous waste.

Easy Application of Sanitation

Poor sanitation is closely related to the transmission of various diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhus, polio, intestinal worms, schistosomiasis (a disease caused by parasitic worms), trachoma (bacterial infection that attacks the eyes), and malnutrition. This is what makes sanitation and hygiene so important for the health, development and survival of all members of the community, You can start sanitation from yourself to support hygiene and health patterns, such as the following way:

  • Always wash your hands

    • Doctors recommend to always wash your hands after urinating or after contact with other bodily fluids, such as urine, vomiting, nasal discharge or saliva. It is also important to wash your hands after cleaning every area of ​​the bathroom. In addition, wash your hands before and after each meal, and after using a vehicle or public facilities. Proper hand washing using soap is known to reduce the risk of diarrhea.

  • Routinely clean the bathroom

    • Parts of the bathroom that need to be cleaned regularly, starting from the tub, toilet, sink, shower (shower), walls and bathroom floors. You can use the appropriate cleaning agent to expel germs in the bathroom, at least once a month.

  • Avoid rubbish piled up

    • Waste management is not only part of the duties of the local authority, but it is also the responsibility of the community as a whole. You can start from small things first, such as throwing trash in its place, then it is necessary to arrange waste disposal both inside and outside the house so it does not stack. That is because garbage piled up triggers disease.

  • Maintain personal hygiene

    • Maintaining personal hygiene is not only a routine shower every day, but also applies to the clean clothes you wear, the nutritious food and drinks you consume, and the environment and healthy lifestyle you live.
Everyone is expected to have access to adequate sanitation. To achieve this, collaboration from all members of the community is needed. You can start with the above sanitation steps from yourself and your family.

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