Water-related diseases, sanitation and hygiene issues (hygiene) on the basis of data the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2008 contributed 3.5 percent of total deaths in Indonesia.
While one of the diseases caused by three things, namely diarrhea, accounted for one death in children under five in Indonesia, by 25 percent according to data of Health Research Association, 2007.
The main problem that affects the sanitation problem. Includes many factors such as sanitary sewers clogged, wash and bathe in polluted rivers, indiscriminate defecation, latrine who carelessly, industrial waste disposal in residential areas and disposal of feces of wild mud.
Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, said facilities such as washing bath toilet (MCK) is still an obstacle for some communities in Indonesia. So is the toilet with a discharge that is not true.
In addition to water-related diseases, sanitation and hygiene, the mortality rate is also greatly influenced by the behavior of Indonesia. ''These diseases could be avoided by living a clean and healthy behaviors (PHBs),''said Tjandra.
Diseases such as diarrhea, intestinal worms and typhoid can be transmitted from unclean hands. Unfortunately, the behavior of washing hands is still rarely done. In general, the behavior of washing hands with soap Indonesian people are still very low. Handwashing behavior data Ministry of Health 2010 recorded only 23 percent of people who wash their hands with soap. Doubled compared to 2007 which amounted to 11 percent.
Even so, diarrhea morbidity study in 2010 by the Ministry of Health showed a decrease with diarrhea from 423 per thousand population to 411 per thousand population. According to Tjandra, handwashing with soap is a simple way to maintain health and could reduce cases of diarrhea by 47 percent, upper respiratory tract infections (ARI) and bird flu by 50 percent.
While one of the diseases caused by three things, namely diarrhea, accounted for one death in children under five in Indonesia, by 25 percent according to data of Health Research Association, 2007.
The main problem that affects the sanitation problem. Includes many factors such as sanitary sewers clogged, wash and bathe in polluted rivers, indiscriminate defecation, latrine who carelessly, industrial waste disposal in residential areas and disposal of feces of wild mud.
Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, said facilities such as washing bath toilet (MCK) is still an obstacle for some communities in Indonesia. So is the toilet with a discharge that is not true.
In addition to water-related diseases, sanitation and hygiene, the mortality rate is also greatly influenced by the behavior of Indonesia. ''These diseases could be avoided by living a clean and healthy behaviors (PHBs),''said Tjandra.
Diseases such as diarrhea, intestinal worms and typhoid can be transmitted from unclean hands. Unfortunately, the behavior of washing hands is still rarely done. In general, the behavior of washing hands with soap Indonesian people are still very low. Handwashing behavior data Ministry of Health 2010 recorded only 23 percent of people who wash their hands with soap. Doubled compared to 2007 which amounted to 11 percent.
Even so, diarrhea morbidity study in 2010 by the Ministry of Health showed a decrease with diarrhea from 423 per thousand population to 411 per thousand population. According to Tjandra, handwashing with soap is a simple way to maintain health and could reduce cases of diarrhea by 47 percent, upper respiratory tract infections (ARI) and bird flu by 50 percent.
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