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Children and adults can swallow germs that cause diarrhoea if faeces
touch the household's drinking water, food, hands, utensils or food
preparation surfaces. Flies that settle on faeces and then on food also
transmit the germs that cause diarrhoea. Covering food and drinking water
protects them from flies.
All faeces, even those of infants and young children, carry germs and
are therefore dangerous. If children defecate without using the latrine or
toilet, their faeces should be cleaned up immediately and put down the
toilet or buried. Keeping latrines and toilets clean prevents the spread
of germs.
If there is no access to a toilet or latrine, adults and children
should defecate away from houses, paths, water supplies and places where
children play and then the faeces should be buried under a layer of
soil.
In communities without toilets or latrines, the community should
consider joining together to build such facilities.
Water sources should be kept clear of animal or human faeces.
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