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This photo essay contains pictures depicting how children expose themselves to germs, viruses and bacteria. To save our families, friends and the community, let us make it our responsibility to educate how to protect children

Do not allow your child to play in a drainage gutter so they will not be exposed to bacteria and germs

Maintain your child’s safety by keeping breakable items such as bottles out of reach. Broken glass or bottles can cause dangerous cuts, serious bleeding, and even a lethal infection.

Do not let your child play around rusty metal because it may injure them and cause a bacterial infection.

Keep your child away from drainage gutters. Also, do not allow your child to play with dangerous tools or sharp objects such as broken glass, as this can cause serious injury, bleeding, and possibly death.

Ensure that your child wears sandals or shoes at all times. Children not properly safeguarded by their parents or guardians may easily fall from ledges, causing bruises or broken bones.

Exposing your child to smoke from a fire can aggravate lung disease, trigger asthma attacks and bronchitis, and may also increase the risk of respiratory infections.

Children should wash their hands after playing. If they do not wash their hands, they can be exposed to germs, which can be transferred to other objects, like toys, or another person’s hands.

Make sure your children wash their hands with soap after playing. This will help prevent infections. Also, ensure your child’s safety by keeping them from working or playing with dangerous tools, which can lead to fatal injuries.

Do not allow your children to play outside without proper clothing as they could be bitten by sandfly, causing skin inflammation. Also, remember to make sure your children wash their hands with soap after playing. Germs from unwashed hands can get into foods and drinks while preparing or consuming them.

Do not allow your child to play with used, open tin cans as this makes them susceptible to sharp cuts and severe injuries. Do not forget to make your children to wash their hands after playing to prevent germs. Removing germs through handwashing helps prevent diarrhea.

Do not send your child into the bush to search for firewood. Your child could get bacteria and germs, leading to respiratory infections. Also, keep your child away from bushes as they could fall victim to a snake bite.

As parents and guardians, you should regularly weed your surroundings to prevent harboring of predators such as mosquitos, soldier ants, scorpions, and so on.

Always take proper care of your children’s health to prevent them from getting avoidable diseases.

Rock climbing should be done only with parental supervision to prevent accidents such as falls.

Do not allow your child to play in dirt without wearing proper footwear. Make sure your children take their baths after playing in the mud.

As parents and guardians, it is your responsibility to provide clean water for use and drinking around the home.

Tree climbing exposes your child to certain risks such as scraped skin, broken bones, a spinal injury, or a concussion from a fall.

Never let your child go near and open fire; this can cause serious burns. Also, microscopic particles from the smoke can get into your child’s eyes and respiratory system, causing burning eyes, a runny nose, and illnesses such as bronchitis.

Do not allow your child to play with moss or weeds as they contain micro-organisms that are harmful to the body.

Never let your child handle cutting tools to prevent a fatal injury.

Prevent your child from eating soil as this may lead to internal organ complications.

Never let your child eat food in a poor hygiene area as this may lead to food contamination and illness.

Never allow your child to go near contaminated water. Viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases like typhoid, cholera, skin infection, encephalitis, poliomyelitis, hepatitis, and gastrointestinal illness can spread through polluted water

Encourage your children to wash their hands properly with soap and water after playing to remove dirt and harmful substances.

Protect your child’s health by providing clean drinking water. Drinking untreated or contaminated water can transmit diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, and typhoid.

Parents and guardians should ensure that their children sleep in protected areas under treated mosquito nets to protect them from getting malaria.

Parents and guardians should allow their children to play in the sand as this can strengthen young immune systems, but they must ensure they take a proper bath after playing.

Keep your child away from dirty environments as they may be detrimental to their health.

Prevent your child from defecating in bushes as they may fall prey to infection and possibly an attack or bite from harmful creatures.

Bathe your child in properly treated water. Bathing in contaminated water can cause some health problems such as skin irritation, diarrhea, and eye, ear and throat infections.

Do not allow your children to go to the stream or river unsupervised to prevent them from drowning or getting infections from dirty stream water.

Take advantage of the water provided by the state water cooperation to ensure clean water for your family.

When playing, provide your children with the right tools and utensils for learning.

Allowing your children to walk around barefoot will expose them to germs and bacteria. Ensure that they wear slippers or comfortable shoes.

Help your child stay clean at all times to prevent the child from falling ill.

Teach your children to understand the importance of good hygiene.

To protect your child, properly covered waste bins should be used for waste disposal. Exposed waste can undermine your child’s health.

Help your children understand the implications of poor sanitation and good hygiene.

Help your child understand the implications of their actions.

Your child’s is your responsibility. Always take charge

Children left unattended can get involved in unhygienic activity and fall ill as a result. If the child becomes sick, it might be difficult to track the cause.

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