Energy access in Malawian healthcare facilities: consequences for health service delivery and environmental health conditions

12.11.2019
Many healthcare facilities (HCFs) in low-income countries experience unreliable connectivity to energy sources, which adversely impacts the quality of health service delivery and provision of adequate environmental health services.

Template to develop an aide memoire – building workforce capacity for WASH in HCF

08.10.2019
This template was used at a workshop in Zambia in September 2019. The template should be printed in A1 size i.e. very big (!) and used in workshop exercises for participants to write on while they discuss each point. The final product can be used as an aide memoire for countries to take steps in building workforce capacity to support WASH in health care facilities improvement.

Mozambique – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Health Centers

30.09.2019
A factsheet summarising USAID's support to the Ministry of Health (MOH) Mozambique in their effort to reduce preventable maternal and child deaths through increased utilization of quality facility level sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services at health centers.

From Outbreak to ABHR production: Experience from Cameroon

27.09.2019
Presentation given at the 2019 Global Meeting on WASH in health care facilities, held in Livingstone, Zambia (9-11 September 2019).

Environmental Cleaning Collaborative: Best Practices and Implementation Toolkit

27.09.2019
Presentation given at the 2019 Global Meeting on WASH in health care facilities, held in Livingstone, Zambia (9-11 September 2019). This provides an overview of a set of new resources for environmental cleaning, developed by CDC and ICAN.

Appl Environ Microbiol 2017 Kotay AEM 03327 16

26.03.2019
This paper looks at the mechanism of transmission from the wastewater of the sink traps to patients.

Workshop Notes: “Strengthening IPC for mothers and newborns” Workshop

31.08.2018
This report summarizes the "Strengthening Infection Prevention and Control for Mothers and Newborns Workshop", which took place in Washington, DC on June 11-12, 2019.