Residents of Mlolongo have been urged to be cautious with their children's hygiene in a bid of keep them free from diseases.
Addressing the press at her office in Mlolongo town on Friday, the region's Public Health Officer, Gladys Gatumbe, said poor sanitation in the region was a major contributor of infections among children.
"We should all as residents from Mlolongo join hands in the war against child mortality, our areas should be kept clean as one way of ensuring reduced cases of child mortality," said Gatumbe.
According to Gatumbe, most slums within and in the outskirts of Mlolongo town were in pathetic condition thereby being time bomb in case of disease outbreaks.
Ms Gatumbe said there was need for attitude change by the residents who argue that ensuring clean environment and sanitation is the mandate of the national and county governments only.
"We are all responsible to ensuring our sanitation is always clean in spite of our standings or positions in the society, it is not the mandate of governments," said Gatumbe.
Ms Gatumbe lamented that the region was still seriously affected by filthy conditions arising from unattended garbage and sewerage systems.
She said though the mandate was majorly for the government, residents also need to join hands so as to eliminate or prevent diseases which may arise from the conditions especially the contagious ones such as cholera.
Ms Gatumbe said as a government, they were doing everything possible to sensitise the residents on the importance of clean sanitation, their roles towards ensuring such an environment and effects of negligence on ensuring clean hygiene.