Proper sanitation pre-condition for sound health
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
People of Bangladesh, particularly the poorer section who live in rural areas do not have proper sanitation facilities, reports BSS.
Those who have no ability to install sanitary latrine, make a pit at some corner of the house and use it as latrine which spread bad smell and pollute air and surroundings. The children defecate at open places which is equally harmful to the environment.
Pollution free environment is one of the prerequisites for the sound health and sanitation is the inevitable part of fresh environment. Sanitation means practice of hygiene and management of human and animal waste, removing garbage, using safe-water and maintain personal cleanliness.
There is a close relationship between health and sanitation, and it would be possible to keep the people free from a number of water borne diseases only by practicing proper sanitation.
According to experts the consequences of using open latrine or defecation in open places are injurious to health and environment as human excreta spread various germs. People should be motivated to use sanitary latrines.
The prime objective of the national sanitation programme is to ensure the 100 per cent sanitation by 2010 and is much higher than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
With a view to achieving the target of National Sanitation Programme, the government has already taken initiatives to work in coordination with the development agencies and NGOs.
The right to heath and safe water is considered as one of the important human rights.
The national sanitation programme has been taken to develop the overall health condition of the people as well as to bring changes in the life styles of all citizens.
Though the prime goal of the sanitation programme is healthcare, it is also related to various affairs including social status and security of the people. The spreading of health practice and changing in human behavior have increased and intensified demands of sanitation in the society.
According to a survey, most of the families in the rural area do not use sanitary latrine. There are many public toilets for the floating people in urban areas set up by Pourasabhas and City Corporations. The floating people can use these places whenever need arises. But in the most cases they use open places, behind the walls, bellow the stairs of foot bridges or elsewhere, polluting the environment.
Those who have no ability to install sanitary latrine, make a pit at some corner of the house and use it as latrine which spread bad smell and pollute air and surroundings. The children defecate at open places which is equally harmful to the environment.
Pollution free environment is one of the prerequisites for the sound health and sanitation is the inevitable part of fresh environment. Sanitation means practice of hygiene and management of human and animal waste, removing garbage, using safe-water and maintain personal cleanliness.
There is a close relationship between health and sanitation, and it would be possible to keep the people free from a number of water borne diseases only by practicing proper sanitation.
According to experts the consequences of using open latrine or defecation in open places are injurious to health and environment as human excreta spread various germs. People should be motivated to use sanitary latrines.
The prime objective of the national sanitation programme is to ensure the 100 per cent sanitation by 2010 and is much higher than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
With a view to achieving the target of National Sanitation Programme, the government has already taken initiatives to work in coordination with the development agencies and NGOs.
The right to heath and safe water is considered as one of the important human rights.
The national sanitation programme has been taken to develop the overall health condition of the people as well as to bring changes in the life styles of all citizens.
Though the prime goal of the sanitation programme is healthcare, it is also related to various affairs including social status and security of the people. The spreading of health practice and changing in human behavior have increased and intensified demands of sanitation in the society.
According to a survey, most of the families in the rural area do not use sanitary latrine. There are many public toilets for the floating people in urban areas set up by Pourasabhas and City Corporations. The floating people can use these places whenever need arises. But in the most cases they use open places, behind the walls, bellow the stairs of foot bridges or elsewhere, polluting the environment.