Two million people come into hospitals and pick up an infection they didn't have because someone failed to follow the basic practices of hygiene.

Basic Law No. 9,202 of 12 January 1934 provides that this Ministry shall exercise the following responsibilities in the area of health and hygiene

The promotion of health education on both basic hygiene and sexual and reproductive health should not be limited solely to schools and formal health delivery systems.

(3) to disseminate knowledge of food hygiene and nutrition, provide appraisals of food hygiene and publicize the existing situation in food hygiene

Food hygiene

(i) Hygiene improvements

Poor hygiene conditions.

Today, in the twenty first century, thousands of millions of people still live in the most extreme poverty, lacking the basic requirements for a decent life, in abysmal hygiene and health conditions.

CHAPTER VII FOOD HYGIENE SUPERVISION

Hygiene related diseases are increasing.

Article 11 The production, marketing and use of food additives must conform to the hygiene standards for use of food additives and the hygiene control regulations the food additives that do not conform to the hygiene standards and the hygiene control regulations may not be marketed and used.

CHAPTER III HYGIENE OF FOOD ADDITIVES

We have taught them nutrition, hygiene.

Improvement of environment and industrial hygiene

Article 12 Containers, packagings, utensils and equipment used for food must conform to the hygiene standards and the hygiene control regulations.

The importance of water, sanitation and hygiene

Improving hygiene awareness and promoting behaviour change

Hygiene education, awareness raising and community participation

Increasing the equitable access to and use of safe water and basic sanitation services and improved hygiene practices will reduce child mortality, improve health and education outcomes, and contribute to reduced poverty and sustainable development as a whole.

Although Africa accounts for one seventh of the world s population, it bears one quarter of the global disease burden, yet has a mere 2 of the world s doctors. Unsurprisingly, many health problems stem from ignorance about diseases and basic hygiene.

Also calls upon all States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training

Food Hygiene Law of the People's Republic of China

CHAPTER IV HYGIENE OF CONTAINERS, PACKAGINGS, UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT

Pay attention to personal hygiene and frequently wash hands

You can say it's hygiene. I'm not pleading poverty.

UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene strategies for 2006 2015

Article 30 Imported foods, food additives and containers, packagings, utensils and equipment used for food must comply with the national hygiene standards and the hygiene control regulations.

28. Also calls upon all States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training

25. Also calls upon all States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training

2 See Water For Life Israeli Assault on Palestinian Water, Sanitation and Hygiene During the Intifada, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Monitoring Project of the Palestinian Hydrology Group, May 2004.

In view of women's role in household sanitation and hygiene, awareness raising campaigns can be effective when targeted to this audience, mobilizing women to spread the sanitation and hygiene message.

6.5 The State party submits that the author was treated in compliance with the minimum standard required by article 10 of the Covenant, as his basic needs, including food, clothes, medical supply, sanitary hygiene, light heating and regular exercise were at all times ensured.

Article 2 The State institutes a system of food hygiene supervision.

CHAPTER V FORMULATION OF FOOD HYGIENE STANDARDS AND MEASURES FOR FOOD

(1) to provide monitoring, inspection and technical guidance for food hygiene

Focusing on sanitation, water quality and hygiene at the household level

Healthcare Programs (Vietnam) dispatching medical team and conducting surveys on hygiene.

The representative of Bangladesh praised the evaluation of his country's rural hygiene, sanitation and water supply project, describing the steady focus of UNICEF on fresh water supply, sanitation and hygiene facilities.

As a follow up to the commitment made by UNICEF at the World Summit for Social Development, support to schools in 76 countries included the inclusion of hygiene in curricula training of teachers in hygiene education construction of new water, sanitation and washing facilities and promoting hygiene behaviour changes in communities through students.

The targets in this area include support for the scaling up of adequately financed, locally determined programmes consisting of hygiene, sanitation and water supply interventions for poor rural and urban families community based hygiene improvement and water safety plans and strengthened sectoral plans, policies and budgets for hygiene, sanitation and water supply.

The Minister of Prevention, Public Hygiene and Sanitation of Senegal spoke on the outcome of the Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Forum, held in Dakar from 29 November to 3 December 2004.

Article 33 The duties for food hygiene supervision shall be as follows

(8) to take charge of other matters that concern food hygiene supervision.

Municipal authorities are legally obliged to advise brothels on matters of hygiene.

32. Also calls upon all States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or any form of cruel or degrading punishment, or deprived of access to and provision of health care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training