Baseline study on level of awareness among the school teachers, students and health service providers in rural area regarding importance of hygiene and sanitation: Final Report

The mixed method baseline study revealed that teachers possessed slightly better knowledge on hand washing than that of students. Almost all the teachers and students could say hand-washing is needed after defecation and before eating their meal. Students’ hand-washing practice at critical times was explored in this study; only 25% of them used soap or detergent during school time to wash hands while 64% of them used soap or detergent to wash hands after defection.