Personal hygiene is important in everyone's life because of its great importance in promoting health and strengthening, and many people still do not realize what a good personal hygiene and what to do, the prevention of many infectious diseases and fungal and other infections of the skin and eyes, etc. as they say, cleanliness two thirds of health. In this assignment you will discuss the role of personal hygiene and its positive impact in the fight against infectious diseases, and what are infectious diseases and the risk they could cause to human life, caused by weakness and lack of personal hygiene and will learn to know the type of infectious disease widespread among individuals and society is scabies. The role of health promotion and the curriculum followed in generating and preventing infectious diseases. “Infectious diseases are disorders caused by organisms – such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites” (None, 2013). It is caused by microorganisms and is transmitted from one infected person to another and they contract the same disease, also there are several infectious diseases caused by lack of personal hygiene. Personal hygiene “is everything we do to keep our bodies clean and healthy.” It is used to maintain the cleanliness of the body, such as cleaning the hands and nails, hair, etc. and these areas are more prone to capture harmful microbes (Crissey, 2005). There are several infectious diseases linked to lack of personal hygiene that affect the digestive, respiratory and skin systems, such as scabies. “Scabies is a skin infection caused by Sarcoptes scabiei” (Chang et al, 2006). Scabies is a common disease that affects all people and reconstruction affects the skin... middle of paper... twice a day and to prevent mouth infections and eliminate fungi and microbes (Smith, 2007). From the above it has been clarified that it is a highly contagious disease caused by disturbing microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses which are transmitted from an infected person to a healthy person through several factors including lack of personal hygiene. It is discussed to what extent the role of health promotion in the individual and community in raising the average of health and the significance of the educational approach, which is one of the most important methods used in health promotion and the main objective of this approach and the prevention of infectious diseases and what it represents in raising people's awareness of the importance of personal hygiene and how to achieve this objective by applying the principles of hygiene and people's education.