In furtherance of its drive to
re-echo the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
(WASH) thrust of the World Health Organization, the Community Excellence
Development Initiative (CEDI) made another sensitization outing at Junior Secondary
School, Aleyita, a suburb of the Abuja Metropolis, on the 26th of October
2018.
CEDI choose to sensitize the school as children spend long hours in
school, and the physical environment and cleanliness of educational facilities
significantly determine their health and well-being. Too often, schools are
places where children get infected. More than 40 per cent of diarrhea cases in
school children result from transmission in schools rather than homes. Diseases
spread faster where many children gather for many hours a day in cramped spaces
with limited ventilation, unsanitary conditions, no hand washing facilities or
soap, and toilets in poor condition. The impact of poor sanitation, poor water
quality and supply, and inappropriate hygienic behaviour is known to be
disastrous for infants and young children and has a terrible impact on the
health of school-aged children. This
should not be normal as good water,
sanitation and hygiene can reduce sickness by as much as 45%.
It featured targeted talks and lecturing
from a resource person, Mrs Salako, a nurse of many years standing, who
educated the children of the need for cleanliness and a culture of hand washing
as an integral part of their daily routine, and also the consequences of not inculcating it, as in
diseases and infections.
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