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Terms of Reference for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Health Care Facilities Technical Working Group (2023) (English)
14.04.2025
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,... Read more »
Costed Road Map of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Healthcare Facilities of I.R. Iran (2023) (English)
14.04.2025
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... Read more »
Naskah Teknokrasi Upaya Kesehatan Lingkungan di Fasilitas Layanan Kesehatan: Rumah Sakit, Puskesmas, dan Klinik (2023) (Bahasa) / Technocratic manuscript on environmental health efforts in health care facilities: hospitals, health centers, and clinics
14.04.2025
Situational analysis and policy recommendations for environmental health (Kesling) in hospitals, Puskesmas, and clinics, supporting the Ministry of Health’s 2025–2029 strategic planning.
Water, sanitation, & hygiene and waste management at primary healthcare centres 2021–2030 road map (2021) (English)
14.04.2025
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,... Read more »
Hand Hygiene For All – improving access and behaviour in health care facilities
18.10.2020
This new brief from WHO provides insights into available strategies and approaches to hand hygiene improvement in health care facilities (HCFs) in support of the new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)/World Health Organization (WHO) Hand Hygiene for All Initiative, including sustainable interventions. The brief draws on learning from legacy work and the current evidence base. It emphasizes the synergistic relationship between IPC and WASH in HCFs and summarizes how joint action and collaboration is essential for improvement in the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and beyond.
Environmental Cleaning Collaborative: Best Practices and Implementation Toolkit
27.09.2019
Presentation given at the 2019 Global Meeting on WASH in health care facilities, held in Livingstone, Zambia (9-11 September 2019). This provides an overview of a set of new resources for environmental cleaning, developed by CDC and ICAN.
Interim practical manual supporting implementation of the Guidelines for the prevention and control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in health care facilities
07.05.2019
Including aspects on environmental cleaning and hygiene
A systematic review of nosocomial waterborne infections in neonates and mothers
26.03.2018
A systematic review looking at water sources, reservoirs, and transmission routes that lead to nosocomial waterborne infections in neonates and their mothers.
Preventing nosocomial infections in Burkina Faso
26.03.2017
A case study presented at the Global Learning Event, Nepal, 2017.
Scaling up an Evidence-Based Package for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Zambia to Mitigate healthcare-associated infections (HAI)
26.03.2017
A case study presented at the Global Learning Event, Nepal, 2017.
