Sanitation Updates

HA NOI — A lack of toilets and hand-washing facilities in homes and at schools seriously affects the health of children in rural Viet Nam, said UN Resident Co-ordinator in Viet Nam John Hendra.

A new nationwide survey conducted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the UN Children’s Fund on sanitation and hygiene, concluded 88 per cent of 966 rural schools surveyed have latrines that fail to meet the standards set by the Ministry.

Students in more than a quarter of rural schools have to defecate in forests, gardens, fields or along beaches, streams and rivers, the survey reports, creating health risks and environmental concerns.

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