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How can we better measure the strength of national WASH systems and identify where improvements are needed?
Strong WASH systems are essential for safe, quality care in health care facilities.
Join the #AlignToAccelerate consultation by 31 October.
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Five ladders, one global picture! 🌍
Too many health care facilities still lack essential WASH and waste services.
Join WHO, UNICEF & partners tomorrow at #UNCWaterHealth to explore the latest JMP data—and how to turn evidence into action.
#WASHinHCF #patientsafety
Upcoming webinars: Safer cholera treatment facilities (WHO, 21 Oct) and managing mercury-containing medical devices (UNEP, 3 Nov). Details and registration in the WHO WASH Newsletter: tinyurl.com/mrm6s8zw
🇰🇿 How can we make health care facilities safer?
Following a #WASHFIT workshop in Kazakhstan, @WHO and partners share insights on improving WASH services.
Organized with support from a @UNECE_Water–@WHO_Europe project funded by UNDA.
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Under way in Astana 🇰🇿, 6–8 Oct: a national workshop on strengthening WASH in health care facilities through #WASHFIT. @WHO, @WHO_Europe and national partners are working together to turn assessment into action for safer, more resilient care.
🌍 Global Handwashing Day 2026: Join @WHO & @UNICEF for a webinar on the new Hand Hygiene Guidelines Implementation Toolkit + public consultation!
📅 Thu 15 Oct 2026 ⏰ Geneva 14:00–15:00 CEST | NY 08:00–09:00 EDT | Manila 20:00–21:00 PHT
Register: tinyurl.com/4f4kc8xn
Lessons from schools are relevant to health care facilities too: routine hand hygiene depends on reliable water, soap, facilities and systems that keep them working. Join us on 17 September for Hand Hygiene in Schools: From Guidance to Everyday Practice.🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
WHO’s Maggie Montgomery and Elena Jardan joined the latest #MinamataConvention webinar to discuss managing mercury waste in health care—from phasing out mercury-containing devices to safely managing legacy waste.
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=LcdK3a81…
WHO will join the #Minamata Online webinar on mercury wastes, 3 Sept, 13:00–14:00 CEST, and present on moving from mercury device phase-out to safe management and disposal of legacy mercury waste in health-care settings. Register: minamataconvention.org/en/ev…
New from @WHO and @UNICEFwater : a free, self-paced WHO Academy course on the safe management of health-care waste.
Strengthening waste management in health care facilities protects patients, health workers, communities and the environment.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/3ts2dyry
New @JMPWASH report reveals major gaps: only 40% of health-care facilities worldwide meet basic sanitation standards & just 59% achieve basic environmental cleaning. Progress since 2015, but patients & health workers remain at risk. Read more: tinyurl.com/yzukn556
Reminder: tomorrow, 18 August, the first launch session will be held for the new 2026 @JMPWASH report on WASH in health care facilities. There is still time to register and join online!
A second launch will follow at #WorldWaterWeek in Stockholm on 23 Aug.
Ahead of a new UN General Assembly resolution expected in September, join the Group of Friends in Support of WASH in Health Care Facilities on 8 July at UNHQ, New York, during the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
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#WASHinHCF #SDG6
New issue of the WASH in Health Care Facilities newsletter is out.
Inside: the latest WASH FIT meet up on safe health-care waste management, new evidence on hospital wastewater and IPC challenges, upcoming webinars from Tanzania and PROMISE.
Read here: tinyurl.com/ya4x8twb
Join women, midwives & allies at #WHA79 to demand clean, safe births for every woman, everywhere. forms.office.com/e/WKbbzpJF4…
🕗 8–9am | 19 May
📍 Place des Nations, Geneva
Show up. Stand together. Be heard.
#TimeToDeliver
WASH in Health Care Facilities Updates, May 2026:
Register for the next WASH FIT meet up, catch up on MNCH and health care waste discussions, read Mozambique’s country story, and explore the Knowledge Portal.
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Happy World #HandHygiene Day!
The latest WHO WSH Newsletter highlights hand hygiene, One Health and climate resilience, new sanitation evidence, and WASH in health care facilities.
Read Issue 445: tinyurl.com/3jpxx8xe
The April 2026 WASH in Health Care Facilities newsletter is out.
Inside: faith-based partners accelerating action, a call for national standards, World Hand Hygiene Day resources, upcoming webinars, and the WASH in HCF Knowledge Portal.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4mt8sjca
Improper disposal of unused medicines can harm health and the environment.
Join the webinar on 6 May, 14:00–15:30 CET.
WHO’s Dr Maggie Montgomery will share insights on pharmaceutical waste in health care facilities.
Register: tinyurl.com/22p6pdn7
On 23 April, WHO’s Dr Maggie Montgomery and UNICEF’s Massimiliano Sani joined partners at the Rome faith-based WASH in health care facilities gathering to discuss closing gaps in WASH, waste and electricity services.
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=UuxBYKj_…