Resources

A briefing note on WASH in HCF in the Asia Pacific Region/

Meeting Reports from WASH in HCF Annual Global Meeting, Geneva, 2015

An article in the WHO Bulletin on the global status of WASH in HCF, 2015.

A study looking at operation of 10 water treatment systems including pre-filtration, membrane ultrafiltration, and chlorine residual disinfection in a rural health care facility in Rwanda.

A scoping study of WASH in 35 health care facilities across three districts in Bhutan.

A paper looking at WASH infrastructure in small health facilities in rural Pune, India, and expectations and satisfactoriness among women.

This paper assesses whether poor sanitation practices are associated with increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth and low birth weight in a population-based study in rural India.

A qualitative study looking at the environmental context for infection prevention and control (IPC) and WASH-associated behaviors in health centers where women give birth, and in homes of newborns, in a rural Cambodian province.

This paper explores linkages between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and maternal and perinatal health via a conceptual approach and a scoping review.

The CASH initiative in Ethiopia began in 2014 and is the national approach for improving infection prevention and patient safety.