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caused by a lack of clean and safe drinking water and sanitation.
Different criminal activities and social evils occur in the commu-
nity as a result of alcohol and drug abuse, unemployment problems,
smoking, and poverty. People are suffering from asthma, high blood
pressure, and cancer due to environmental pollution. The health of
mothers and infants is affected by early marriage and lack of repro-
ductive care. Malnutrition is also a burning problem due to a lack of
nutritious food and wrong eating habit. HIV AIDS and other sexually
transmitted diseases are also increasing now a days.

Conunon community health problems are listed below:
a. loss in social harmony and participation in community-based
activities
b. lack of knowledge about conuntmity health and environmental issues

c. lack of health service and facility, and low access to it
d. lack of proper and sustainable use of locally available resources

e. negligence in controlling pollution
f. poverty, hunger and low nutritious food

g. natural disaster and epidemics
h. unmanaged settlements and improper sewage management

i. lack of protection and promotion of hi.storical and cul ~w-al heritages
J. lack of awareness about community health

2.1.2 Solution of Community Health Problem

Various progran1nrns are being implemented in Nepal to promote
community health. It demands an active and collective effort fro1n
the stakeholders to ilnprove it. Some major measures can be nrnn-
tioned as follows:

a. Awareness programmes related to personal and environmental
health should be conducted.
b. Compost manure should be prepared from biodegradable waste
and non-biodegradable waste should be reduced, reused and
recycled.

c. Programmes related to nutrition awareness and locally available
nutritious food should be launched to reduce inalnutrition.
16 Health, Physical ai1d Creillive arts, grade 8