![]() ![]() ![]() We work directly with schools and health-care facilities to improve access to basic water, sanitation and handwashing facilities, and to establish protocols for preventing and controlling infections. Our people-based approach has helped entire communities eliminate the dangerous practice of open defecation, many of whom reached Open Defecation Free status in 2019. UNICEF promotes community-based handwashing through a variety of media and through campaigns like Global Handwashing Day, which reaches hundreds of millions of people every year. We achieve better WASH results for children by: UNICEF works in over 100 countries to help provide access to clean water and reliable sanitation, and to promote basic hygiene practices in rural and urban areas, including in emergency situations. In partnership with the World Health Organization, UNICEF works with governments to implement and monitor the Eight Practical Steps to universal access to WASH and the commitments made by governments to implement the Resolution on WASH in health-care facilities. Our work focuses on technical assistance to governments for the construction and rehabilitation of WASH infrastructure, as well as on developing national standards, policies and hygiene protocols for WASH in health-care facilities. Around 1 in 5 lack sanitation, and 1 in 6 have no hand hygiene facilities and no soap and no water in toilets.Īs of 2019, UNICEF has been working in over 80 countries to improve access to WASH in health-care facilities. Some 1 in 4 health-care facilities do not have basic water services. ![]() When health-care facilities are equipped with safe WASH services, members of the community are more likely to visit them, and health workers are able to model good sanitation and hygiene practices. Without water, sanitation and hygiene services, mothers and newborns may not receive the quality of care they need to survive and thrive. WASH in health-care facilities helps reduce the risk of infection and improves prevention and control - crucial during outbreaks like cholera, Ebola, COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. ![]()
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