Maintaining a clean environment in healthcare settings is essential to the prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and the spread of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Despite progress, environmental cleaning is more often poorly financed and lacks routine data for monitoring, especially in resource-limited settings. This document is a brief on healthcare cleaning in resource-limited settings. Find more here!
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Posters of countries from the Global Summit on WASH and Waste in Healthcare Facilities in Amman-Jordan-June 2023.
More than 32 countries attended the Global Summit on WASH and Waste in Healthcare Facilities held in Amman-Jordan from 13-15June. Countries shared their progress in the 8 practical steps and their major achievements, challenges and the key next steps in WASH, waste, climate resilience and GEDSI. Find more here!
خدمات المياه والإصحاح والنظافة العامةوالنفايات الطبية والكهرباء في مرافق الرعاية الصحية: التقدم المحرز في الأساسيات التقرير العالمي 2023
Water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services in health care facilities: progress on the fundamentals. Global progress report 2023
This report focuses on global and national efforts and progress to improve WASH, cleaning and health care waste management in health care facilities. It builds upon the first update of progress published in 2020.
Services d’approvisionnement en eau, d’assainissement, d’hygiène,de gestion des déchets et d’électricité dans les établissements de santé : état d’avancement des éléments fondamentaux. Rapport mondiale 2023
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National WASH Fit Training Report in Tanzania
This document is a report of the National WASH Fit training held in Morogoro town in Tanzania, from 17-20 of April 2023. Find more in the report.
National WASH Fit Training Report in Ethiopia
This document is a report of the National WASH Fit training held in Adama town in Ethiopia, from 15-19 of May 2023. Find more in the report.
Building Climate Resiliency in WASH in HCF (COP Event)
Climate change threatens the ability of healthcare facilities to provide routine services without disruption, particularly as it relates to the availability and quality of WASH services. As such, building resiliency into WASH in HCF programming is an important consideration from the onset. This Community of Practice event shared existing tools and resources to support climate resiliency, looked at examples of WASH in HCF programs that have made strides in integrating climate, and discussed what more healthcare facilities and implementers need to make sure climate resiliency is not overlooked.
ENGLISH: https://youtu.be/_pYb4R0FGxk
FRANÇAIS: https://youtu.be/epLrhg5VfuQ
ESPAÑOL: https://youtu.be/c_NoZ-B_me0
WASH and health working together: a ‘how-to’ guide for neglected tropical disease programmes, second edition.
This toolkit provides step-by-step guidance to NTD program managers and partners on how to engage and work collaboratively with the WASH community to improve delivery of water, sanitation and hygiene services to underserved population affected by many neglected tropical diseases.
WASH Fit Technical Fact Sheet 5 (in Arabic)
This document is the translated version of Technical Fact Sheet 5 on Hand hygiene improvement: a multimodal approach.