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Strategic roundtable on WASH, waste and electricity in health care facilities (Presentations)

Posted on May 30, 2024 by -

The Global Strategic Roundtable on WASH, waste, and electricity in health care facilities brought together key stakeholders to discuss the UN General Assembly Resolution and the WHO/UNICEF 2024-2030 Global Framework for Action. The event focused on integrated implementation, investment, and leadership. Attended by 45 in-person and 25 online participants, the roundtable included representatives from Hungary, Nepal, the Philippines, Tanzania, multi-lateral and global health agencies, donors, NGOs, and civil society. The presentations from the Strategic meeting can be found here!

DRAFT Global Framework for Action (2024-2030)-Water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services in all health care facilities achieves essential quality health services

Posted on October 16, 2023 by -

Open for EXTERNAL REVIEW

This document serves to guide global and national efforts and key collaborative actions to deliver water, sanitation, hygiene, waste (WASH), and electricity services in all healthcare facilities. It focuses on WASH and electricity services and ought to be implemented within broader health and climate efforts, including those focused on low carbon and climate resilient health care facilities and systems, “fit for purpose hospitals”, and more broadly efforts that support primary health care and delivery of high-quality, universal, essential health care.

WHO and UNICEF are now seeking your feedback on the Global Framework for Action and it’s implementation. You are invited to either fill out this short survey or download and provide in track changes comments and send back in WORD to Arabella Hayter (haytera@who.int) and Nadia Abdalla (abdallan@who.in). The deadline for the survey and direct input is 6 November 2023. Find the Global Framework for Action here!