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Personal, Environment Hygiene and SanitationBasic Hygien ePOINTS FOR HEALTH EDUCATIONLET CHILDREN LEARN THE FOLLOWING:i) Take a bath every day. Use soap and water or a soft paste made from a small amount of gramflour mixed with a little water. Scrub the body, especially the back and feet, with a brush, or arough cloth, or a dried gourd. Take care to wash the folds in the armpit and groin.ii)iii)iv)Wash the hair at least once a week and more often during the hot weather. Comb it regularly.If it is long, plait it neatly and tie ends with a ribbon or a strip of cloth.Every evening after school, comb the hair with a fine toothed comb to look for lice and nits(eggs). If there are lice in the hair, take the necessary treatment before the number of liceincreases.Keep your fingernails and toenails short and clean. Cut your fingernails once a week. If youwork in the garden or field scrub your nails with a brush to take out the dirt.v) Wash your hands well with soap and water after you go to the toilet and before taking food.vi)vii)Always wear clean clothes. Wash your clothes frequently especially in the summer. If you haveto wear the same clothes on the next day, keep them to air or in the hot sun. Clothes wornnext to the skin (underclothes) should be washed every day.Wear light and loose clothes. These should be cool in the summer (e.g. cotton garments) andwarm in the winter (e.g. woollen or padded garments).viii) When you go out of the house, wear well-fitting shoes, sandals or chappals. See that there areno nails coming through the sole of your shoe.ix)When you go home, leave your footwear outside the house. Wash your feet before coming intothe house.NATURE & HEALTHPOINTS FOR HEALTH EDUCATIONi) Tell and show children how water collections become breeding places for mosquitoes andexplain how mosquitoes can cause malaria and filariasis.ii)iii)iv)Get children to help in filling in any water collections in the school compound with earth.Get children to help in constructing soakage pits.Get children to help in planting and maintaining the kitchen garden.28