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2.5 Million Students to Learn About Contagious Disease Prevention












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2.5 Million Students to Learn About Contagious Disease Prevention

One of the projects of the 2008 “National Year of Health Promotion” will begin this week with a National Health Educational Campaign under the auspices of the Public Health and Education Ministry.

The program will set out to educate some 2.5 million public school children about the prevention, risk and treatment of contagious diseases such as dengue fever, rabies and bacterial leptospirosis.

The goal is to educate the students about the importance of good hygienic practices and other measures to prevent exposure to the risks of these types of infectious and contagious diseases



 

Date of Publication: January 17, 2008

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