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Water, sanitation, and hygiene programs as a strategy to. Interim guide, april 2017 cleaning, descaling, sanitizing heater unit hu 35 4102017. The toolkit on hygiene, sanitation, and water in schools draws on those lessons and insights. Many more drink water that is grossly contaminated. This toolkit deals with school hygiene, water and sanitation. Sanitation is a term primarily used to characterize the safe handling and disposal of human excreta urine and faeces. Water, sanitation and hygiene poster set wash education and. Journal of water, sanitation and hygiene for development. Mar 12, 2012 water, sanitation and hygiene compressed 1. Of these, 176,714 people are reached through water tankering in eight districts and 17,608 people are reached through household water treatment options. Water, sanitation and hygiene wash in schools unicef. Environmental sanitation policies is part of a series of leaflets produced in 1999 by the environmental health project ehp to document lessons learned in eight results areas.
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