Good health is important to all of us because most of us earn our living by going for work outside the home and we cannot afford to lose even a single day’s wages. If people fall ill due to drinking unsafe water or bad hygiene habits, it affects their earnings. The best way to prevent illnesses is to maintain good hygiene and sanitation. The objective of this series is to make readers understand that if we have safe drinking water, sanitary latrines, a clean home, clean surroundings, proper methods of waste disposal and good personal hygiene, then we can be free from illnesses.

Sanitation at Home and Around

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Environmental sanitation helps in keeping good health, avoiding illnesses, and this also helps the soil to become fertile. Good health mainly depends upon the environment we live in. Unclean environment or surroundings gives rise to disease causing germs. These are the causes of illnesses, infections, and epidemics that spread from place to place. This book discusses the 7 principles of environmental sanitation by which it is very easy to keep our environment healthy.

Constructing Latrines

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Health of a community depends on the efficient management of human waste. Proper disposal of human excreta is an important part of sanitation. It is the duty of every individual to maintain the home sanitation and thereby that of the community at large. Using sanitary latrines is the best, safest and clean way to keep illnesses away. Let us learn in this book about the proper management of human waste the various designs of latrines, building them, correct usage and benefits. The integrated low cost schemes being promoted by the government are also provided.

Safe Water 

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Water that is used for drinking purposes should be clean, germfree and potable. This is called safe water: Safe drinking water is not always available everywhere in our country. Even if it is available, water can turn unsafe because of various factors such as, unclean source, unhygienic handling and storage, or damaged pipelines. There are methods to make water clean and safe and everyone should know how it is done. This way we can avoid suffering from a lot of illnesses and the treatment for diseases caused by contaminated water in hospitals as well as the expenditure required for that. This book gives information on various methods of water purification.

Water borne Diseases

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Many health problems occur due to drinking contaminated water and living in unhygienic conditions. The most common water borne diseases are diarrhoea, dysentery, gastroenteritis, typhoid and jaundice. These illnesses can also occur as epidemics and the symptoms range from fever, malaise, and to the better-known gastro- intestinal symptoms such as loose motions and stomachaches.

This book speaks about the importance of prevention of these diseases, safe hygiene behaviour, and oral dehydration for protection against these diseases, This book also provides information on how to give first-aid when the first symptoms are seen, followed by proper treatment at the nearest Primary Heath Centre or hospital.