Sanitation and Cleanliness for a Healthy Environment
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Promoting sanitation ..................................................................................... 4
What people want from toilets .................................................................... 5
How does poor sanitation lead to health problems?.................................. 6
Diarrhea and dehydration ........................................................................... 10
Hand-washing with soap and water ........................................................... 12
Community education activity: Preventing diarrhea................................ 16
Planning for sanitation................................................................................. 18
Drawing for discussion: Threats to good health....................................... 20
Women and men have different sanitation needs..................................... 21
Community discussion activity:
Removing the barriers to sanitation for women....................................... 22
Access for disabled children and adults.................................................... 23
Sanitation for children’s health .................................................................. 24
Sanitation for cities and towns.................................................................... 25
Sanitation for emergencies .......................................................................... 25
Toilet choices................................................................................................. 27
Closed pit toilets ................................................................................... 29
Ventilated improved toilets (VIP) .............................................................. 32
Ecological toilets .......................................................................................... 33
Simple compost toilet for tree planting ............................................. 35
2 pit compost toilet ............................................................................... 36
Urine-diverting dry toilets ................................................................... 37
Urine fertilizer ....................................................................................... 41
Pour-flush pit toilets .................................................................................... 44
Community education activity:
Sanitation steps to healthy communities .................................................. 46
List of difficult words ................................................................................... 48