Residents don't have toilets

Residents don't have toilets

UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: The United Nations Children's
Fund (Unicef) says 65 percent of residents in the province don't
have toilets, hence the high prevalence of diarrhea.

Antara quoted Unicef representative for Indonesia Stephen J.
Woodhouse saying here yesterday many people still defecate in
open places such as paddy field embankments, on river banks or by
the beach.

"This habit leads to frequent outbreaks of diarrhea, one of
the major killer diseases among Indonesian children," Woodhouse
said in a discussion Wednesday marking the Clean Friday Movement.
He was accompanied by the Family Welfare Movement's chief
activist Mrs. Moch. Yogie S.M.

The mortality rate for children here is 40 percent. The
province's population is 76 million. (swe)