Flood Camp Health: Two Simple Habits + One Game-Changer (Video)

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Did you know 20 seconds of hand washing can stop camp diarrhoea?

Did you know 20 seconds of hand washing can stop camp diarrhoea?

Flood Camp Health

We'll show you the two habits that keep a flood camp safe, and reveal the one habit that makes the biggest difference.

Key habits

The first habit: wash hands with soap before eating, feeding a child, and after any toilet use. The second habit: drink only boiled, chlorinated, or sealed bottled water.

Why it spreads

Diarrhoea germs travel from stool to mouth on unwashed hands, flies, shared cups, dirty water containers, or food after a nappy change. In a crowded camp the chain is short, letting cholera and E. coli spread quickly.

Hand hygiene

Wash hands before cooking, eating, feeding a child, after the toilet, and after cleaning a child. Wet, lather, scrub all surfaces for twenty seconds, then rinse. A tippy tap lets you wash with a cup of water.

Hand wash time

The recommended wash time is twenty seconds, long enough to clear germs but short enough to keep water use low.

Safe water & food

Only drink, cook, and brush teeth with water boiled for at least one minute, or treated with chlorine tablets exactly as directed. Store it in a sealed container and pour, not dip.

Oral Rehydration

At the first loose stool, start oral rehydration. Mix a sachet as directed, or combine one litre boiled water with six teaspoons sugar and half a teaspoon salt. Give small sips often, a spoonful each minute, and keep breastfeeding.

Skin issues

Scabies spreads by close skin contact, moving through a tent in days. Look for intense night-time itch, tiny bumps between fingers or on wrists. Fungal infections appear as red, itchy rings in warm, damp areas. See the camp doctor promptly for any spreading rash, blisters, oozing, or fever.

The one habit

The single most powerful habit in a flood camp is washing hands with soap before every meal and after every toilet use. This simple step blocks the main route for diarrhoea germs and protects the whole family.

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The full guide is on thecareonline.com. General information only, so check with your doctor for your own case.