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Implementation of the water
and sanitation for health facility
improvement tool (WASH FIT):
global report
13.02.2025
This report provides an analysis of the application of the Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement tool (WASH FIT) and case studies from a select number of countries that illustrate different approaches for implementing and scaling up the tool.
Consensus Statement
01.11.2024
This document outlining the role of policymakers and partners in implementing the Global Framework for Action was signed by 20+ leading organizations.
13.02.2025
Global Framework for Action 2024–2030 for water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services in all health care facilities
29.05.2024
Safe management of pharmaceutical waste from health care facilities: global best practices
21.02.2025
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High Level Ministerial luncheon on WASH in Health care facilities-WHA77
30.05.2024
Honourable Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, the Minister of Health in Malawi, hosted a high-level ministerial luncheon on WASH in health care facilities in Geneva on May 30, 2024. The event was... Read more »
Does WASH FIT improve water, sanitation, and hygiene and related health impacts in healthcare facilities? A systematic review
30.05.2024
This systematic review evaluates whether WASH FIT improves environmental health services or associated health outcomes and impacts. The conducted methodology is a database searches to identify relevant studies and extracted... Read more »
Strategic roundtable on WASH, waste and electricity in health care facilities (Presentations)
30.05.2024
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.... Read more »
9 Building Blocks in System Strengthening using WASH FIT
29.05.2024
This framework links the WASH System Essential Building Block (IRC WASH) and WASH FIT Tool (WHO, UNICEF).
Budgeting and advocacy to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene in healthcare facilities: a case study in Nepal
24.05.2024
Barriers to achieving and sustaining access to water, sanitation, hygiene, waste management (collectively, “WASH”) in healthcare facilities include a supportive policy environment and adequate funding. While guidelines exist for assessing... Read more »
WASH-in-Healthcare Facilities: Trainers’ Guide (The WASH Foundation)
29.04.2024
The WASH Foundation’s WASH-in-Healthcare Facilities (WinHCF) program is designed to support UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) in their efforts to train healthcare facility staff to include water, sanitation,... Read more »
Water and Sanitation interventions to prevent and control mosquito-borne diseases: Focus on Emergency
16.04.2024
Mosquito-borne diseases are a major global health threat, with nearly 80% of the world’s population at risk of infection. Climate change, conflict and human displacement are all growing in scale,... Read more »
A review of health-care waste management policies in the Western Pacific Region
28.03.2024
A review was carried out on health-care waste management policies in the Western Pacific Region, encompassing 16 countries and areas with diverse systems and resources. This report presents key findings... Read more »
National WASH Standards and Implementation Guidelines for healthcare facilities-Bangladesh
22.03.2024
This document is the National WASH and waste standards in healthcare facilities in Bangladesh (2023).
How hospitals in Nepal are making waste their business
20.03.2024
Since the COVID pandemic, major hospitals across Nepal have set up environmentally friendly systems to segregate, treat and dispose of healthcare waste. Together with WHO Nepal and UNICEF, the project supported... Read more »
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