PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASES
Maintenance of hygiene is very important.
Measures for hygiene
- Regular hand wash.
- keeping the body clean
- consumption of clean drinking water, food, vegetables, fruits
- proper disposal of waste and excreta
- periodic cleaning and disinfection of water reservoirs, pools, cesspools and tanks.
- Do not let flies sit on food.
In case of air borne diseases
- close contact with the infected person and his belongings should be avoided.
- Patient should cover his face (mouth and nose while sneezing and coughing)
For vector borne diseases such as malaria and filariasis, the measures to control diseases are-
- Control or eliminate the vectors and their breeding places.
- Avoiding stagnation of water in and around residential areas.
- Regular cleaning of household coolers.
- Use of mosquito nets.
- Introducing fishes like Gambusia in ponds that feed on mosquito larvae.
- Spraying of insecticides in ditches,drainage areas and swamps, etc.
- Doors and windows should be provided with wire mesh.
The use of vaccines and immunization programmes -- smallpox, diphtheria, polio, pneumonia, tetanus etc.
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