Key Messages and Actions for Parents and Caregivers

• Monitor your child’s health and keep them home from school if they feel flu like symptoms or are sick.
• Teach and model good hygiene practices for your children,
  
• Wash your hands with soap and safe water frequently or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 70% alcohol,
• Ensure that safe drinking water is available and toilets or latrines are clean and available at home,
• Ensure waste is safely collected, stored and disposed of,
• Cough and sneeze into a tissue or your elbow and avoid touching your face, eyes, mouth, nose.
• Encourage your children to ask questions and express their feelings with you and their teachers.
• Prevent stigma by using facts and reminding students to be considerate of one another.
• Coordinate with the school to receive information and ask how you can support school safety effort.