The practice of hand-washing with soap in Vietnam’s rural areas is not common, a conference heard last week.
According to the National Baseline Survey on the Environmental Sanitation and Hygiene Situation in Vietnam conducted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other partners, 12 percent of rural people wash their hands with soap before meals and only 16 percent do so after excreting.
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ESTHER DUNIA // April 25, 2008 at 11:10 am
i enjoyed your write up, but will want to get a sample of questionaire used in the assessment, especially in the health and hygiene promotion aspect of water supply and sanitation. thanks,
Esther. Dunia
dietvorst // April 28, 2008 at 10:39 pm
A summary of the survey can be downloaded at:
http://tinyurl.com/6opr4q
For the full report you can contact UNICEF Viet Nam - http://www.unicef.org/vietnam/
Cor Dietvorst, IRC
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