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; 26-09985 5/6

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