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2.2 Total Sanitation
Total sanitation refers to the condition of all sectors of the commu-
nity such as tole, settlements, schools having the availability of qual-
ity health services and environmental cleanliness. Storage and use
of safe drinking water, balanced diets, personal hygiene, domestic
and institutional hygiene, menstrual hygiene, proper use of toilets,
sewage management and cleanliness, formation of sanitation com-
mittee, sanitation plan, etc. come under total sanitation.

We need the integrated efforts of individuals, families and the whole
community to nlaintain total sanitation.The roles and responsibili-
ties of these three aspects are as follows:
A. Roles and Responsibilities of an Individual

a. Individuals should regularly brush their teeth, keep the
body clean, and have nails and hair cut.
b. They should keep their clothes, rooms, and utensils clean.

c. They should wash their hands with soap before cooking
food, having a meal, feeding the child and after using the
toilet, and touching dirt.
d. Women should keep their pads and vagina clean during
menstruation and dispose the used pad properly.

B. Roles and Responsibilities of a Family
a. Rooms, floors, walls, windows, doors, ceilings, and yard of
the house should be regulady cleaned.

b. Taps and toilets should be maintained and repaired.
c. The kitchen waste should be separated into biodegradable
and non-biodegradable and decomposable waste should
be used to make compost inanure.

d. Backyard farming, rooftop farming and gardens should be
kept neat and clean and managed properly.
C. Roles and Responsibilities of a Comn1unity

a. There should be a proper supply of safe drinking water in
the comn1unity.

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