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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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Water treatment and handwashing practices in rural Kenyan health care facilities and households six years after the installation of portable water stations and hygiene training
26.03.2018
A six-year follow up of an intervention to install handwashing stations in rural Kenya
Partnership for Improving Health System Resilience in Laamu Atoll, Maldives
26.03.2018
WHO is one of the 7 members of the UN Country team in the Maldives supporting the Low Emission Climate Resilient Development project. This Reports describes the initiation of green health care waste management systems.
A systematic review of nosocomial waterborne infections in neonates and mothers
26.03.2018
A systematic review looking at water sources, reservoirs, and transmission routes that lead to nosocomial waterborne infections in neonates and their mothers.
National Strategic Plan for Healthcare Waste Management
26.03.2018
One of three health care waste management policy documents from Tanzania published in 2018.
National Policy Guidelines for Healthcare Waste Management
26.03.2018
One of three health care waste management policy documents from Tanzania published in 2018.
Changes in knowledge and attitudes of hospital environmental services staff: The Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals (REACH) study
26.03.2018
The Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals (REACH) study tested a multimodal cleaning intervention in Australian hospitals.
The Water@Birth Study: an exploratory study on the requirements of water for hand hygiene during labour and delivery in low income countries
26.03.2018
A study to establish the volume of water required for hand hygiene during childbirth in low income countries
Hand washing glove use, and avoiding recontamination before aseptic procedures at birth: A multicenter time-and-motion study conducted in Zanzibar
26.03.2018
A study to assess hand hygiene compliance before aseptic procedures among birth attendants in the 10 highest-volume facilities in Zanzibar.
Increasing tolerance of hospital Enterococcus faecium to handwash alcohols
26.03.2018
A study which tested tolerance of certain bacteria to alcohol-based hand rub.
Moving WASH in HCF from Assessment to Action: What are the Solutions?
26.03.2018
Meeting Reports from a side event at UNC, October 2017
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