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Improving water and hand-washing services in rural health care facilities in Kitui County, Kenya

Improving water and hand-washing services in rural health care facilities in Kitui County, Kenya
Authors: Jacob Katuva, Rob Hope, Ellie McBurney, Nancy Gladstone, Johanna Koehler, Cliff Nyaga, Dennis Njung’e

This brief presents policy recommendations for improving water and hand-washing services in rural health care facilities through a professional service delivery model. Annualised costs to provide safe and reliable water and soap services are estimated from actual cost data, providing a basis for county-level budgets and investment planning.

Learning Note

Improving water, sanitation and hygiene in primary care health facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.

WASH in Heltkea Fasiliti Toolkit

WASH in Healthcare Facility Toolkit (Companion to adapted Water Safety Plans & WASHFit)

Created by EWB with the Ministry of Health Vanuatu, with UNICEF support.

THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH

Estimating the cost of achieving basic water, sanitation, hygiene, and waste management services in public health-care facilities in the 46 UN designated least-developed countries: a modelling study