This document outlines the Terms of Reference for the national technical working group (TWG) on WASH in health care facilities in Kenya. It defines the TWG’s objectives, roles, guiding principles, and membership structure, aiming to support national WASH FIT roll-out, improve coordination and resource mobilization, guide policy, and strengthen infection prevention and climate resilience.
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Costed Road Map of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Healthcare Facilities of I.R. Iran (2023) (English)
This comprehensive national roadmap presents Iran’s multi-year plan to strengthen WASH services in healthcare facilities. It follows WHO/UNICEF guidance and builds on the 2021 national WASH situational analysis. Developed through stakeholder consultation and technical working groups, the roadmap includes national objectives, regulatory review, costing of environmental health services using UNC’s toolkit, and defines short- and medium-term targets to improve quality of care, IPC, waste management, and access to WASH for vulnerable populations.
Water, sanitation, & hygiene and waste management at primary healthcare centres 2021–2030 road map (2021) (English)
A costed roadmap by the Indonesian Ministry of Health to strengthen WASH and waste management in primary health care centres (PHCs) from 2021 to 2030. Includes strategies, indicators, financing mechanisms, and implementation milestones.
Scaling up Effective Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services through Faith-Based Health Care Networks
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shocked health systems, demanding the urgent identification and prioritization of immediate health care facility needs. Beginning in August 2020, USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership project implemented WASH improvements in 199 HCFs in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Sierra Leone, and Uganda, including 44 faith-based facilities in Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. This brief distills learnings of faith-based partners, supports faith-based networks to take WASH activities to scale, and suggests ways to achieve scaling through limited, medium-level, and significant investments.
Unpacking the Built Environment: WASH and the Approach to Improving Health Facility Infrastructure (COP Event)
ENGLISH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk1fxLH-7gk
Hand Hygiene in Healthcare – COP discussion
A discussion on hand hygiene in healthcare facilities, focused on approaches for sustainability, from the Community of Practice launch on October 19, 2021. Slides from the session in English are available here and recordings are posted below:
ENGLISH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlhVjC9uxCo&
FRANÇAIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVzcFjSGTjI
ESPAÑOL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R5R96UXaug
Introduction to the Community of Practice
The WASH in HCF Community of Practice launched on October 19, 2021, under the current secretariat, Emory University. Introductory slides presented at the COP attached (English only) and the recordings can be found below:
ENGLISH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIHr-n4uzLs&
FRANÇAIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6a_Ioth7RA
ESPAÑOL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXIcpaKk93U