Improving Hand Washing Practices Using Age Appropriate Hand Washing Platforms in Schools and Communities
5 Pages Posted: 11 Feb 2019
Date Written: January 30, 2019
Abstract
Hand washing is the practice which can save us from a vast spectrum of communicable diseases. The primary schools toilets and community toilets usually have wash basins or platforms built at a particular height. It has been observed that due to the height of these wash basins; it becomes unapproachable for small children. Also, limited numbers of taps discourage children from practising hand washing. Keeping these factors in view and to promote the practice of hand washing among school children, Save the children has come up with a unique design of three stage hand washing platforms. The design of the platform is child friendly and allows children of every age group to wash their hands comfortably irrespective of their height.
Keywords: Age Appropriate, Diarrhoea, Hand washing, Platforms, SDI
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