Abdullahel sent a copy of BRAC's newsletter Findings in the newsletter indicate that households involved with the credit based development programme of BRAC are 3.66 times more likely to use sanitary latrines than those who were not involved in the BRAC programme. The newsletter concludes that improvements in sanitation coverage could be made if supervised credit for the provision of latrines were provided. Also social mobilisation with an emphasis on self-reliance may improve results. Hugh Hawes , UK sent notes on a special lecture on health promotion in schools. He maintains that school health is very important with health to include mental, emotional and environmental health.
Schools have a responsibility to spread health ideas to the community.
Planners at both national and local level need to look at school health promotion as one integrated policy and not a series of separate ones. Sharon Huttly , London, UK is mainly interested in child health. She has recently been involved in a study in Peru, investigating faeces disposal practices, their determinants and feasibility for change. Qualitative research methods were used to investigate these issues in a shanty town of Lima in order to design interventions. Post intervention data was to be collected in late 1997.