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Hygiene and Sanitation Software An Overview of Approaches
Health Risk Environment
Environmental Health and Sanitation
Description
The terms ��hygiene�� and ��sanitation�� can mean different things to different people. For the purposes of this document the term ��sanitation�� is used to refer to the management of human excreta. The term ��hygiene�� is used to refer to the behaviours/ measures, including but beyond the management of human faeces, which are used to break the chain of infection transmission in the home and community. Whereas most people recognise that hygiene means ��handwashing��, there is some confusion as to what else is involved. In reality, all of the following contribute in some measure to reducing the burden of infectious diseases circulating in the community