"Maintenance of personal and public hygiene is necessary for prevention and control of many infectious diseases". Justify the statement by giving suitable examples.
Maintaining personal hygiene ensures the non-transmission of many infectious diseases to a great extent. Especially diseases which transmit through air, droplets, and skin infections.
Lack of public hygiene is the biggest contributor to the spread of many diseases like cholera, typhoid, malaria and many more. Ensuring cleanliness of your surrounding can lead to a drastic reduction in incidences of many such diseases.