Status of toilet hygiene and sanitation facility in rural schools in Guangdong

Objective To understand the status of toilet hygiene,waste water treatment in rural schools so as to provide basic data for planning strategies on health infrastructure in rural schools.Methods Field investigation was performed in 60 rural schools randomly selected in Guangdong province.The data of status of toilet hygiene and sanitation facility in rural schools were obtained with the uniform content,methods and forms,which were conducted by professionals from disease control organizations,intestinal parasites test was undertook among 1 845 students.Results About 72.4% of 60 schools used health toilets,30.5% of men's squatting position were qualified,while 10.2% of women's,69.5% of the toilets were not managed by specially-assigned persons.28.1% of dejecta was discharged into environment without any treatment.45.0% of sewage was discharged into ditch directly,6.7% of the garbage was stacked or burned at any place.About 74.2% of the students reported that the toilet hygiene was poor,and 81.4% reported that there were flies in the toilet,49.1% of the girls reported that they needed to queue when they went to the toilets.Intestinal parasite infection rate was 13.5%,clonor chissinensis infection rate was 3.7% in developed areas.Conclusion There are potential sanitation risk of the toilet management,the sewage treatment,and garbage in rural schools in Guangdong.More measures should be taken to improve sanitation facilities in rural schools and hygiene supervision and management should be strengthened.