Healthy environments for children
published: Wednesday | April 9, 2003
In your community
- Make public places smoke free
- Organise waste management to promote a healthy community
- Plant trees and clean up streams
- Advocate for safer roads and organise traffic
- Eliminate the use of leaded gasolene
- Take care of children in swimming areas, or when playing in ponds and creeks
- Maintain slides and swings to avoid injuries
- Plant trees to provide protection from the sun
In your school
- Ensure that clean running water and separate toilets are available for boys
and girls
- Teach children about creating healthy environments
- Build and relocate schools and playgrounds away from traffic, noise, industrial
and waste sites
- Maintain clean, well-ventilated, well-lit school buildings to promote health
and learning
- Encourage healthy well-balanced diets and regular exercise for children.
In your home
- Store water in covered containers in safe, clean and cool places
- Promote the use of improved stoves and cleaner household fuels
- Wash your child's and your own hands with water and soap before preparing
food and eating, after defecation
- Keep your child away from smoke during peak cooking times and do not smoke
near children
- Store household cleaning products, pesticides, fuels and medicines away
from children's reach
- Use insecticide-treated bed-nets to prevent malaria.
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