A global taskforce on WASH in health care facilities: synthesis 2022-2023

WHO and UNICEF convened a series of stakeholder ‘think-tanks’ coinciding with the launch of the Global Report on WASH in health care facilities in December 2020, to discuss barriers to... Read more »

Global taskforce – role, responsibilities and outputs

This note makes the case for establishing a Global Taskforce on water, sanitation, hygiene and waste (WASH) in health care facilities, what it would achieve, and how it would function.

Global Policy and Coordination

Since the first WASH in health care facilities global report in 2015, a number of global initiatives, policy directives and frameworks have embraced and championed the 2030 target of universal WASH in all health care facilities.

WASH in Healthcare Facilities in Ghana: Status & National WASH Costed  Strategy

Presentation by Dr. Mary Ashinyo, Deputy Director- Institutional Care Division within Ghana Health Service at the Global Taskforce meeting in April 2022.

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One in five of all health care facilities have no basic water services. We aim to change that. Learn more about WHO and UNICEF’s work to improve WASH in health... Read more »

Eight practical steps to achieve universal access to quality care

Published in 2019 by WHO and UNICEF, the eight steps are a set of practical actions that countries should take in order to sustain WASH services and practices in a range of health care settings, from primary to tertiary facilities.

Ghana: An innovative community scorecard and local media allows the community to demand better services

Practical steps address: 2-3-5-6-7