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.
Language: English
Kayakalp: Rejuvenating the Public Healthcare Facilities (2024)
This publication outlines the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Kayakalp initiative, which sets national standards for cleanliness, hygiene, infection prevention, and WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) in public health care facilities. It provides detailed guidance on assessment tools, scoring systems, incentive structures, and institutional arrangements for implementing and monitoring these standards at various facility levels (e.g., District Hospitals, PHCs, Sub-Centres). The document serves as a standard-setting and performance assessment manual for improving the quality and safety of care across India’s public health system.
The Gambia’s National Guidelines for Water, Sanitation And hygiene In Health Care Facilities (2018)
This document from the Ministry of Health of the Gambia focuses on providing national guidelines for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities, outlining standards and practices to ensure safe water, proper sanitation, hygiene, and waste management.
Health Care Waste Management Manual for Ethiopia Second Edition (2021)
This document focuses on providing guidelines and best practices for healthcare waste management in Ethiopia, aiming to ensure safe handling, disposal, and treatment of healthcare waste in line with national and international standards.
Ethiopia 2021-22 Service Provision Assessment Summary Report (2022)
The Ethiopia 2021-22 Service Provision Assessment Summary Report focuses on assessing the current state of service provision in Ethiopia, including key data and findings from the 2021-22 survey period
Health National Adaptation Plan for Building Climate Resilient Health Systems in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (2023)
This Health National Adaptation Plan (H-NAP) is Lao PDR’s first comprehensive climate-health strategy. It provides a roadmap for strengthening the resilience of the health system to climate change, focusing on priority health risks such as WASH, food insecurity, heat-related illnesses, vector- and water-borne diseases, and disaster-related health service disruptions. Developed through intersectoral collaboration with WHO, the plan is structured around the 10 components of the WHO Operational Framework for Climate Resilient Health Systems and aims to guide adaptation actions at national, provincial, and facility levels through 2025 and beyond.
Country Case Study: Lao National WASH Survey 2021 (2023)
This report presents the results of the first-ever national assessment of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and health-care waste management services, including climate resilience, in health care facilities (HCFs) in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Conducted from 2020–2021, the survey covered 1,225 HCFs nationwide. It offers critical insights into the current state of WASH services and gaps at both national and provincial levels, and outlines evidence-based actions and a monitoring framework to guide improvements in WASH and health system resilience through 2025 and beyond.
National Standards on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Healthcare Facilities (2021)
The National Standards on WASH for Healthcare Facilities were developed by Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population to ensure that all health facilities across the country meet minimum requirements for clean water, sanitation, and hygiene. These standards align with the constitutional rights of citizens to access safe drinking water and basic health services, and they also support Nepal’s efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
The document provides clear, actionable guidance on how to improve WASH services in hospitals, clinics, and other care settings. It includes detailed protocols for water quality and access, toilet and handwashing facilities, infection control, healthcare waste management, and hygiene promotion. These standards aim to reduce infections, protect health workers and patients, and enhance the overall quality and dignity of care. Implementation is structured to involve federal, provincial, and local governments, along with health workers, facility managers, and community members.
WASH FIT Training in Nepal
WASH FIT national training was successfully held in Nepal, Nagrkot, Bhaktapur District in Bagmati Province. A total of 26 participants attended four days training (21 – 24 October, 2024) at national WASH training center.
Technical consultation on safe management of pharmaceutical waste: 1st October, Geneva (3)
Session 3: Links with other efforts, session 4: supporting effective implementation & session 5: consolidation and way forward