TUGAS INDIVIDU

BAHASA INGGRIS
“ARTIKEL TENTANG PENTINGNNYA MENJAGA KEBERSIHAN ”
Dosen : Suhaimi, M. Pd

AUTHOR BY :
Harniwati (1709MK693)

PRODI SI – KEPERAWATAN
SEKOLAH TINGGI ILMU KESEHATAN (STIKes) HAMZAR
LOMBOK TIMUR
TAHUN AKADEMIK 2019/2020
 THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE

Maintaining Environmental Health is an obligation for every individual, in

addition to being a gift given by the creator to his servant, Environmental Health
must be maintained so that our families avoid disease. Because health is priceless.
Sometimes when we are healthy, we forget the blessings and when we are sick we
only realize and feel that health is really very valuable.

A healthy body can be obtained from exercising regularly, consuming

nutritious food, and a healthy and clean environment. A healthy environment is
sometimes we often do not pay attention to because of busy work so that the
environment is not kept clean. As a result of an unhealthy environment can cause
various diseases, one of which is worrying is dengue fever (DHF) because it can
cause death.

Environmental cleanliness is a state free from dirt, including in it, dust,

garbage, and odors. In Indonesia, the problem of environmental cleanliness has
always been a debate and a growing problem. Cases involving environmental
hygiene problems are increasing every year.

We must know about the benefits of maintaining environmental hygiene,

because maintaining environmental hygiene is very useful for all of us because it
can create a safe, clean, cool and healthy life. Benefits of maintaining
environmental cleanliness include:

1. Avoiding diseases caused by unhealthy environments.

2. The environment becomes cooler.
3. Free from air pollution.
4. Water becomes cleaner and safer to drink.
5. More calm in carrying out daily activities.

There are many more benefits of maintaining environmental cleanliness,

and therefore we must realize the importance of environmental cleanliness starting
fromour own homes such as diligently sweeping the yard, diligently cleaning our
house gutters, throwing trash in its place, there are still many more.

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 The environment will be better if everyone is aware and responsible for
environmental cleanliness, because it must be instilled early on, even at school we
are taught to always live clean.

In addition to the things stated above, we must also support each other in
order to achieve our goals in maintaining environmental health together, so that
diseases or unwanted things do not occur in the future, and so that our
environment can still be enjoyed until our children and grandchildren someday.
The following tips and tricks for keeping the environment clean:

1. Starting from yourself by giving examples to the community how to

maintain environmental cleanliness.
2. Always involve influential community leaders to give direction to the
community on the importance of maintaining environmental hygiene.
3. Include young people to actively participate in protecting the cleanliness
of the environment.
4. Increase the number of rubbish bins around your neighborhood; Hire
environmental cleaners by giving appropriate rewards every month.
5. Socialize to the public to get used to sorting household waste into organic
and non-organic waste.
6. Learn compost making technology from organic waste so that it can be
reused for fertilizer; Creative, by making souvenirs or crafts using trash.
7. Set a schedule for community service activities to clean the environment.

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