Status of School Sanitation Service and Factors Affecting School Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study
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Background and Rationale for School Sanitation and Hygiene Education
At the eve of the new Millennium, despite all the progress reported world-wide in recent decades, more than 2,3 billion people still live without access to sanitation facilities and are unable to practise such basic hygiene as washing their hands with soap and water. Diseases related to poor sanitation and water availability cause many people to fall ill or even die. Children are the most vulne...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environment Pollution and Climate Change
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2573-458X
DOI: 10.4172/2573-458x.1000168