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This document is the translated version of Technical Fact Sheet 5 on Hand hygiene improvement: a multimodal approach.

This document is the translated version of Technical Fact Sheet 4 on Safe and sustainable healthcare waste management.

This document is the translated version of Technical Fact Sheet 3 on Safe plumbing for WASH services in healthcare facilities.

This document is the Arabic translated version of Technical Fact Sheet 2 on Gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI).

This is the Arabic translated version of WASH Fit technical factsheet 1 on strengthening the resilience of WASH services in healthcare facilities to climate impacts.

This document is the Arabic translation of the Overview of technologies used for infectious and sharp healthcare waste.

Deuxième édition

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.

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 provided rapid technical and capacity development assistance to local health networks in Uganda and four other countries to improve facility readiness in water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control (IPC). This package of materials details the impact and outcomes of this work, as well as lessons learned to inform future WASH and IPC efforts in health care facilities and quality improvement programming.

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 provided rapid technical and capacity development assistance to local health networks in Sierra Leone and four other countries to improve facility readiness in water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control (IPC). This technical brief details the impact and outcomes of this work, as well as lessons learned to inform future WASH and IPC efforts in health care facilities and quality improvement programming.