Steady progress was made in public health undertakings. At the end of 2001, there were 330,000 health institutions throughout China, with a total of 3.19 million beds, 2.97 million of which were in the 70,000 hospitals and public health centers. There were 4.49 million health workers, including 2.09 million doctors and 1.28 million senior and junior nurses. China also had 6,025 sanitation, anti-epidemic and disease prevention stations with 220,000 health workers, and 2,539 maternal and child health-care institutions with 80,000 health workers. Rural townships (towns) had 50,000 commune hospitals with 740,000 beds and 1.02 million health workers. Some 89.7 percent of villages nationwide had medical stations, with 1.28 million rural doctors and health workers.