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Improving Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in the Out Patient Department (OPD) in a Local Health Facility in Cameroon

Banso Baptist Hospital (BBH) is a tertiary, referral, district hospital found in Kumbo West Health District of the North West Region of Cameroon. It is one of the leading health facilities in Cameroon, run by the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services with more than 90,000 patient consultations per year up until 2016. OPD attendance dropped significantly following the 2016 socio-political crisis in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon, which has led to many deaths, loss of property and displacement of thousands of people from the two regions.   The majority of the people of Kumbo use the squatting pit toilet at home.  Although water supply is irregular throughout the year in Kumbo after the lone water scheme was damaged in September 2018, over 80% of the toilets in BBH are water system; with only 20% are pit toilets.

The Most Momentous Day in A Century For The Midwives: We Must Applaud Midwives with WASH

An op-ed from HE Toyin Saraki to mark International Day of the Midwife

Status of water, sanitation and hygiene services for childbirth and newborn care in eight countries in East Asia and the Pacific

This study aimed to investigate availability of WASH policies, standards, and services for childbirth and newborn care in hospitals in East Asia and the Pacific. Descriptive analysis of survey data and observations of water, sanitation and hygiene services in maternity and neonatal care rooms and of deliveries in 153 hospitals in Cambodia, China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Viet Nam. The main outcome measures were availability of national policies and standards; availability of water, sanitation, and hygiene services in maternity rooms and neonatal care units; and practice of hygiene at childbirth.

Commitments for Change: What you can do now to make a difference – Advocacy Flyer

In 2019, a World Health Assembly Resolution on WASH in health care facilities, agreed to by 194 member states, outlined concrete actions that countries can commit to. These include establishing national roadmaps and targets, implementing standards, integrating WASH and IPC indicators into health programming and monitoring and increasing domestic funding. This flyer summarises these actions. If you would like to make a commitment, please visit www.washinhcf.org/commitments

Nine takeaways from the Global Meeting on WASH in health care facilities

A series of reflections from the recent global meeting on WASH in health care facilities - how will YOU join the Movement and go from Resolution to Revolution? #R2RWASHinHCF

Indicators and questions for monitoring WASH and related infection prevention and control in delivery rooms:

This module for monitoring WASH and related IPC in delivery rooms is a final draft - the indicators and questions can now be used in relevant surveys and programmes. No WASH expertise is required to use them. The indicators build upon existing JMP indicators for monitoring WASH in health care facilities (in general service areas) and WHO’s Essential Environmental Health Standards in Health Care (2008). The JMP is seeking feedback from users up to the 28th February 2020 after which time a revised version will be published. Please share your feedback via info@washdata.org.

Operational Training and Learning in Ethiopia supports improved WASH and Safe Surgery

In 2015 the World Health Assembly passed a resolution calling for strengthening essential surgical care, including infection prevention and control standards to improve surgical safety. This gave the impetus for the Sterile Processing Education Charitable Trust (SPECT) in 2017-18 to implement a training course in Ethiopia. This aimed to break the chain of infection by ensuring health care workers knew how to and had the resources required for proper cleaning and sterilization of surgical instruments. Thus, enhancing the hygiene aspect of WASH in health care.