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This updated two page flier, jointly produced by WHO, UNICEF and WaterAid, details the latest burden from poor WASH and IPC in health care, the role WASH and IPC serve in preventing AMR and the benefits of joint action and investments. It also provides examples of effective, collaborative action at the global, national and facility level. It allows anyone working in these fields to speak confidently about the current core issues, as well as solutions and will ultimately drive quality of care given how critical WASH and IPC measures are for AMR reduction and overall patient safety.

Example twitter messages for anyone to use during World Antibiotic Awareness Week and on World Toilet Day - join us to make sure we speak in one voice about committing to and improving water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities

La version française du document "Water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities: Practical Steps for Universal Access to Quality Care".

A practical toolkit

This report, written by Charles Clift from the Centre on Global Health Security, follows from the 2016 Review on Antimicrobial Resistance which had a global impact in raising the profile of AMR. The report calls on the need to do more on WASH to address AMR, including requiring countries to include water and sanitation investments as a key criteria for receiving funds.

Significant differences and challenges exist in the state of WASH within and across hospitals in Kenya. Whereas the senior hospital management can make some improvements, input and support from the national and regional governments are essential to improve WASH as a basic foundation for averting nosocomial infections and the spread of AMR as part of safe, quality hospital care in Kenya.

An analysis of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic consumption worldwide versus many potential contributing factors.

This document includes practical steps that Member States can take at the national and sub-national level and the WHO and UNICEF response to the 2018 UN Secretary General’s Call to Action.

This paper looks at the mechanism of transmission from the wastewater of the sink traps to patients.