Hygiene on maternity units: lessons from a needs assessment in Bangladesh and India

26.03.2016
As the proportion of deliveries in health institutions increases in LMICs, so do the challenges of maintaining standards of hygiene and preventing healthcare-associated infections in mothers and babies. A needs assessment was conducted in seven maternity units in Gujarat, India, and eight in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh in 2014.

Genderised WASH in Ugandan and Indian Public Health Care Facilities: Sandec News (Issue 17)

26.03.2016
This article highlights the second phase of the two year interdisciplinary G-WASH research project. G-WASH combines social anthropology, gender studies and sanitary engineering to research different usersÕ needs about WASH infrastructure in health care facilities.

Technical Guide for WASH in Primary Health Care Centres, Nigeria

26.03.2016
Guides for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of WASH facilities in PHC Centers in Nigeria, to ensure that centers are capable of improving the Health of the patients, staff and caregivers as well as local communities.

Fight antimicrobial resistance: protect mothers and newborns

26.03.2016
A handout given at the 2016 Women Deliver Conference with WHO recommendations to reduce AMR around the time of delivery.

The global push for institutional childbirths – in unhygienic facilities

26.03.2016
Editorial piece in the BMJ looking at childbirth without access to water and sanitation.

Getting the basic rights – the role of water, sanitation and hygiene in maternal and reproductive health: a conceptual framework

26.03.2015
This paper explores linkages between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and maternal and perinatal health via a conceptual approach and a scoping review.