Yemisi Dada
In its continued efforts to encourage regular hand washing to prevent diseases and infection, an NGO, WaterAid Nigeria, has trained about one hundred people on Hygiene Behavioral Changes, HBC, in Ojodu and Ikorodu areas of Lagos.
At the advocacy training for community leaders at the Ojodu LCDA secretariat, one of the CSO partner of WaterAid Nigeria, Mr Henry Adenigba, said the initiative was to train those who would propagate the HBC campaign at the grassroots and Primary Health Centers in their local languages for easy understanding.
Mr Adenigba who is the Executive Director, Humanity Family Foundation for Peace and Development, noted that the training with funding support from Kimberly Clark foundation, was to ensure that all Nigerians imbibe and retain personal hygiene behaviors in their immediate family, community, Lagos and the nation at large in line with the SDG goal six.
On her part, the Health Education Officer, Ojodu LCDA, Mrs Olaide Mohammed, harped on the need for a clean environment at all times using the five key hygiene behaviors, which she noted would keep family away from illnesses and hospital.
Mrs Mohammed encouraged the participants to take the regular hand washing and other hygiene behaviors back to their communities and local health facilities in their area, with a view to training others to curb spread of communicable diseases.
The HBC campaign which will be executed by Ward Health Committee, WHC, in rural areas has its slogan as Clean Family, Happy Family.Similarly, from the Ikorodu North LCDA, Community leaders were encouraged to ensure Basic Hygiene Behavior Changes in primary Health facilities in their communities, by joining hands with Sanitation and Health officers in their Council area to propagate the campaign on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
A Health Officer with Odo Nla Primary Health Center, PHC, Dr Akanni Abayomi, stated this at a Hygiene training for community leaders in Ikorodu axis of the state, organised by a NGO, WaterAid Nigeria.
Dr Abayomi maintained that information passed in local languages go a long way in changing the narrative of unhygienic behaviors in the community.
Dr Abayomi re-emphasized the importance of regular hand washing with soap and clean water to prevent germs, with a call on mothers to preheat left over foods for their children to prevent diarrhea.
The community leaders were trained with local games such as Suwe, Snake and Ladder, and Hot Potato among others, to drive home the Hygiene Behavior Changes, Campaign.
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