We must also help with hygiene by building waste and water treatment plants.

We weren't too bothered by that neither of us was particularly clean and tidy. We left our dishes in the sink and our garbage in a corner of the kitchen.

Concept of hygiene Hygiene is an old concept related to medicine, as well as to personal and professional care practices related to most aspects of living.

In this case, public health education and hygiene awareness raising, including through mass media, could create demand for sanitation services.

This could involve a combination of targeting the sanitation needs of the poor and increasing support for hygiene education, which can leverage domestic sanitation demand and investment.

A girl who has had more than six years of education is better equipped to seek and use medical advice, to immunize her children, and to be aware of the importance of sanitary practices, from boiling water to washing hands.