Rural toilet scheme success
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ABOUT 74 percent of households in rural China now have access to sanitary toilets, said the National Health and Family Planning Commission yesterday.
By 2015, 75 percent of rural households should have sanitary toilets and by 2020 the ratio will rise to 85 percent, deputy head of the commission Zhang Yong said at a regular press conference.
A sanitary toilet in rural China refers to a toilet, under a roof with walls and a standard digestion tank. It can either be dry or flush.
A 1993 survey found only 7.5 percent of households had access to sanitary toilets. A national initiative launched in 2004 to improve rural sanitation and combat infectious disease has seen central government allocate 8.3 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion) for 21 million rural toilets.
These help reduce the population of mosquitoes and flies, and prevent disease.
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