Sanitarians in the Course of Action

Are they still working? Yes! 

Sanitarians sealing up a market complex where the Market Sanitation exercise was not observed. The marketers were compelled to clean up their environment. 

This living premises was sealed up after due process was followed. The house with ten rooms had a filled up toilet which was constituting serious odour nuisance and may lead to outbreak of diseases in the community. 

Filled up latrine. Environmental Health Officers are seeing things. 

A Sanitarian health educating primary school pupils. This is also one of the core activities of the Environmental Health Officers. Ideals planted in the heart of young ones grow up with them to make them better citizens. 

A house discharging it's waste water into the open which encourages the breeding of mosquitoes and other dangerous insects prejudicial to public health. 

One of the leaders of the profession on Nigeria granting press interview. Our collaboration with the media helps to pass on right information to the public. 

Wolewole are also responsible for the Decontamination of hospitals and homes where cases of deadly communicable diseases such as Lassa and Ebola fever are reported. This is the decontamination exercise carried out in Ota, Ogun State. 

Sanitarians generally, put in their best to ensure that diseases are prevented from occurring and to mitigate their spread when they occur. So when next You See an Environmental Health Officer around you, please listen to him, it pays in the long run. 

Remember, prevention is better and cheaper than cure.