|Accra, Ghana, 10-12 November 2009 |
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|WEST AFRICA REGIONAL SANITATION AND HYGIENE SYMPOSIUM |
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|INTEGRATING WATER, ENVIRONMENT AND SANITATION HYGIENE EDUCATION INTO FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION (FLE) IN SCHOOLS: THE PROPOSED |
|IFLPHHE MODEL |
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|Ochi, David Ogewu [Nigeria] |
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|Abstract |
|Many diseases endemic in Nigeria are generally associated with unsatisfactory water supplies, poor sanitation, poor hygiene |
|practices and inadequate health education programs. Studies reveal that the global health consequences of inadequate water |
|supply, sanitation, and hygiene are cases of epidemics of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, malaria and several million |
|deaths each year, mostly among young persons in developing countries. Despite the importance of sanitation and hygiene |
|education to health, poverty alleviation and environmental...