The situation of construction and use of the privy in households at 3 districts of two northern mountainous provinces in Viet Nam
- Author:
Truong Dinh Bac
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Construction, privy, household
- MeSH:
Family Characteristics;
Epidemiology
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2005;0(12):14-19
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The investigation using combination of quantitative and qualitative methods at 60 communes, towns of three districts including Quan Ba, Yen Minh (Ha Giang) and Chiem Hoa (Tuyen Quang) showed that ratio of households with hygienic privy were very low (6.5%) among 6012 investigated households in both provinces. The construction and preservation and use of the privy were not in good conditions, only 5.2% households are using hygienic privy. The situation in Ha Giang was not as good as Tuyen Quang
