Safe Surgery & WASH
September 24th, 2019WASH in Healthcare Facilities
https://www.globalhealthnow.org/2019-09/safe-surgery-and-uhc-hinge-wash?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign=a4e0c0754d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_23_12_42&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8d0d062dbd-a4e0c0754d-893211
“…..Yet the state of hundreds of thousands of healthcare facilities in low- and middle- income countries is deplorable. Take into account that this data includes developed countries. Worldwide, 1/4 lack basic water services and 1/5 lack adequate sanitation services, leaving 2 billion people without access to safe, affordable surgical care.…The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, report—the first-ever effort to collect baseline water and sanitation data in healthcare facilities around the world, released last April—evaluated over 560,000 facilities in 125 countries.….”