Get Worming Infection from Sugar and Fish?
Worming infection is common diseases among children. When Health Facilitator interviewed mothers and asked questions to the children the cause of the worm infection, here were the answers: (1) too much eating sugar, sweet food, candy and etc. (2) too much eating fish. They don’t know what is the effect of diarrhea to human body and they even don’t know how diarrhea to be transmitted to other people.
During Children Health Club mostly some parents came to drop their children and sitting outside the children group to wait their children. Parents also listened to the health messages passed to the children. Recently more parents came to the children health clubs and learn about health. Children Health Club at school also benefits to teachers where they can learn health. Parents and teachers admitted they just received the De-worming information from Children Health Club.
So far parents and teachers always remained their children and or pupils not eat too much sweet food and fish since it might make them to get worming infection. The children follow the advice and eating sweet food and fish carefully.
After health education provided by health facilitators at the Children Health Clubs, parents and teachers support the activities of distribution deworming tablets. Especially in the remote villages those are far away from Community Health Center and schools are ready to facilitate distribution of deworming tablets at school.
Worming infection topic has been very valuable for children, parents and also teachers. The teachers thanking God that Yayasan Menara Agung Pengharapan Internasional has shared health information in the schools. Especially the principle of SD Negeri 1 in Siwalawa-Fanayama sub-district.
If you give us money or food it will be finished and nothing is left but this valuable information will remain in our mind until the end of our life -Principle of primary school in Silawala Village.
Tags: Deworming, Fish, Health, Infections, Sugar, Worm, Worming