Messages in Health Education

As in the case of messages we listed regarding nutrition, the messages we list here  do not cover all possible topics you could  consider the categories as illustrative. Feel free to modify any messages we have given to suit your own needs. 

So here's the list. 

Messages linked, to infectious diseases 

• INFECTIOUS DISEASES SPREAD EASILY. SO DON'T LET THE SICK PERSON COME INTO CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 
• ANTIBIOTICS CANNOT KILL VIRUSES THAT CAUSE COLDS, FLU, MUMPS AND CHICKENPOX 
• DON'T USE HOME REMEDIES FOR PNEUMONIA, TYPHOID, TUBERCULOSIS, INFECTIONS APPEARING AFTER GIVING BIRTH. THEY DO NOT HELP. 
• IMMUNIZING PREGNANT WOMEN AGAINST TETANUS WILL PREVENT TETANUS IN  NEWBORN INFANTS. 
• USE MEDICINES AS DIRECTED FOR TB. COMPLETE CURE USUALLY TAKES 1 TO 2 YEARS. 
• TUBERCULOSIS IS VERY CONTAGIOUS. SPIT ONLY IN A SEPARATE VESSEL OR SPITTOON. 
• EAT NUTRITIOUS FOOD. THIS WILL HELP YOU TO RECOVER FAST IF YOU HAVE AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 

Messages linked to parasitic  infestations 

• WORMS OR THEIR EGGS ARE SPREAD FROM FACES TO MOUTH 
• USE LATRINES TO PREVENT SPREAD OF WORMS 
• DO NOT GO BAREFOOT. HOOKWORMS ENTER THE BODY THROUGH THE FEET. 
• COOK MEAT THOROUGHLY ESPECIALLY PORK. RAW PORK CARRIES DANGEROUS DISEASES. 
• KEEP FOOD COVERED TO PROTECT IT FROM FLIES  WHICH-CARRY DISEASE GERMS. 
• DESTROY MOSQUITOES. TO PREVENT MALARIA CLEAR STANDING WATER WHERE THEY  BREED. 
• PREVENT MALARIA BY TAKING ANTI-MALARIA MEDICINES ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE. 

Messages linked to using medicines 

• USE MEDICINES ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. 
• BE CAREFUL, ABOUT GIVING THE RIGHT DOSE AT THE RIGHT INTERVAL. 
• IF A MEDICINE DOES NOT HELP OR CAUSES PROBLEMS STOP USING IT AND CONSULT THE DOCTOR. 
• NEVER USE INJECTIONS IF ORAL TABLETS WILL WORK. 
• CHLORAMPIENICOL IS RISKY. USE,ONLY FOR TYPHOID. 
• PENICILLIN CAUSES DANGEROUS  ALLERGY IN SOME PEOPLE. IN SUCH PEOPLE IT SHOULD NEVER BE USED. 
• USE MEDICINES WHEN NECESSARY  TO CONTROL SYMPTOMS SUCH AS FEVER, DIARRHOEA OR COUCH. BUT SEEK THE HELP OF A DOCTOR TO FIND OUT. AND TREAT THE CAUSE. 

Messages linked to overcoming bad habits 

• DRINKING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL  DAMAGES YOUR LIVER, SO SHOULD YOU SPEND SO MUCH ON BUYING ILL HEALTH ? 
• LET'S HELP ALCOHOLICS TO GET OVER THEIR PROBLEM. 
• SMOKING CAN KILL. SO BREAK THE HABIT NOW ! 
• GIVE YOUR BABY A GOOD CHANCE IN LIFE. DON'T  SMOKE OR DRINK DURING PREGNANCY.