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SANITATION-MEETING
Hand washing practice vital to prevent diseases
RAJSHAHI, Oct 22, 2018 (BSS) – Health experts said that many water and
airborne diseases could be prevented through making the people conscious
about hand washing.
They said concerted efforts of all government and non-government
organisations are indispensible for attaining success in this regard.
Besides, it is time to transform the sanitation campaign into social movement
for building a healthy society.
They were addressing a meeting on the national sanitation month and hand
washing day at conference hall of Deputy Commissioner’s office in the city.
Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and District Administration
jointly organised the programme in association with UNICEF Bangladesh.
Main thrust of the programme was to gear up the ‘National Sanitation
Campaign for all’. ‘Sustainable Development: Hygienic Sanitation’ was the
main slogan of the discussion.
Commissioner of Rajshahi division Nur-Ur-Rahman and managing director of
Rajshahi WASA Sultan Abdul Hamid addressed the meeting as chief and special
guests with Deputy Commissioner SM Abdul Kader in the chair.
Superintending engineer of DPHE Masudar Rahman, Additional Deputy
Inspector General of Police Mashudur Rahman Bhuiyan, Additional Commissioner
of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Sujayet Islam, Chief Executive Officer of
Rajshahi City Corporation Shah Mumin and Chief Field Officer of UNICEF
Bangladesh Nazibullah Hamim also spoke.
DPHE executive engineer Md Rokonuzzaman presented a concept paper on the
issue.
Nur-Ur-Rahman said the hygiene and sanitation campaign should be
successful for the sake of keeping the environment free from pollution side
by side with saving people from being infected with numerous air and water-
borne diseases.
He said the school boys and girls are most vulnerable to worm infection.
They must be aware about health hygiene and using sanitary latrine together
with proper hand washing.
The field level government officials and public representatives were
urged to engage community and religious leaders at the grassroots in the
campaign so that it could be turned into a social movement.
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