Sustainable and safe water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and
electricity services in health care facilities
A/RES/80/289
and maintain such services, in accordance with national standards and contexts,
including by:
(a) Conducting situational analysis and baseline assessments of the enabling
environment and identifying key gaps to support evidence -based planning and
investments in water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services in health care
facilities;
(b) Facilitating cross-sectoral engagement through intersectoral working
groups or task forces, joint sector reviews and coordinated planning and funding;
(c) Establishing, updating and implementing, according to national contexts,
standards for safe, sustainable water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity in
health care facilities, as well as infection prevention and control, antimicrobial
resistance reduction and occupational health and safety, including considerations for
strengthening the capacities and resilience of health systems, and strengthening
national accountability mechanisms to follow up on their efforts to reinforce standards
and practice;
(d) Developing, financing and implementing costed national road maps, as
appropriate, subject to national circumstances and available resources, aligned with
broader health, water, sanitation, hygiene and waste, energy, climate and development
plans, and integrating water, sanitation, hygiene and waste in the national action plans
on health, including antimicrobial resistance, with the aim that every health care
facility has and can maintain safe and sustainable water and sanitation supplies,
hygiene services and practices, waste management and electricity services;
(e) Reviewing financial needs, budget lines and expenditures and unlocking
and allocating domestic funding, as appropriate, while ensuring that external
investments are aligned with and support national priorities and systems in order to
sustainably fund capital and recurring operation and maintenance costs;
(f) Adopting and using a core set of water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and
electricity indicators harmonized with global and regional indicators, as guidance,
taking into consideration the World Health Organization and United Nations
Children’s Fund core set of such indicators, without prejudice to national frameworks,
integrating them into national monitoring and evaluation systems, and regularly
collecting, analysing, reviewing and disseminating data findings at the national level
to drive policies and investments;
(g) Supporting and empowering health workers, including those providing
waste and cleaning services through pre‑ and in-service professional development,
and engage community health workers in supporting such efforts and linking hygiene
practices in health care facilities through an all-of-society approach;
2.
Invites international and regional organizations, international and regional
financial institutions and development agencies engaged in the provision of water,
sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity support, as appropriate, to enhance the
coordination of their strategies and engage with the World Health Organization and
the United Nations Children’s Fund as the co-coordinators of global efforts on water,
sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity in health care facilities alongside other core
partners continuing to increase data coverage through the inclusion of global
indicators in facility and programme surveys;
3.
Urges Member States to strengthen international cooperation to support
efforts to finance, build, strengthen and maintain capacity in developing countries,
including through training of health, engineering and technical personnel, to improve
and strengthen the sustainability, safety and resilience of water, sanitation, hygiene,
waste and electricity services in health care facilities;
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