Name: What is Public Health?
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 3 min 12 s
Description: Public health is the science of the protection and improvement of the health of individuals and their communities. To learn more about it, watch this video.

Question

Gram panchayat wrote some slogans about healthy habits on walls. Read that wall writing and answer the question that follows.

Drink boiled water only.
Use mosquito nets.
Keep your surroundings neat and clean.
Do not leave water to stagnate.
Eat food when it is hot
Wash hands before eating food.
Wash hands after toilet.
Use toilets only. not deficate in open.
Keep lids on food vessels.
Wash vegtables before cooking.

Why local Panchayats display such instructions on the wall?

Accepted Answer

Gram Panchayat or village council is a local self-governed organisation in villages or small towns. The slogans written on the wall as shown in the image are given under the leadership of village council to aware the people to maintain healthy and hygienic conditions to avoid diseases and infections.

Drinking boiled water only is preferred, as boiling kills all the harmful bacteria and viruses in the water.

The mosquitos serve as carriers of various diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever. Using mosquito nets saves us from the disease carrying mosquito bites.

The stagnant water, open defecation, improper management of disposal of domestic wastes makes our surroundings unhygienic and provides suitable conditions for mosquito eggs to grow. The housefly sits on faeces and contaminates the food once it sits on food, therefore we must keep the food covered with the lid.

We might have touched several contaminated tools in our daily life, therefore before taking food we must wash our hands properly to remove the germs that might get entered in our body during the consumption of food.

We must wash the vegetables to remove dust, dirt and germs. The fresh cooked food contains essential nutrients required in a balanced diet, therefore we must eat fresh food.

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