Sustainable, safe and universal water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services in health-care facilities A/RES/78/130 Children’s Fund on water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity in health -care facilities, 9 and the outcomes of the Global Summit on WASH, Waste and Electricity in Health Care Facilities, held in Amman from 13 to 15 June 2023, 10 1. Encourages all Member States to integrate water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity in health-care facilities and to mainstream these efforts, as appropriate, into national health planning, programming, financing, monitoring and evaluation, and to empower the health workforce to demand, appropriately use and maintain such services, in accordance with national standards and contexts, including by: (a) Facilitating cross-sectoral engagement through intersectoral task forces, joint sector reviews and joint planning and funding; (b) Establishing, updating and implementing, according to national context, standards for safe, sustainable water, sanitation, hygiene, health-care waste, electricity and infection prevention and control, taking into consideration the impact of extreme events on health-care settings and integrating such standards into accreditation and regulation systems; and establishing accountability mechanisms to follow up on their efforts to reinforce standards and practice; (c) Developing, resourcing and implementing national road maps, so that every health-care facility can have and maintain safe and sustainable water and sanitation supplies, hygiene services and practices, waste management, and electricity services for all; (d) Ensuring adequate budgets and resourcing for water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services for all facilities across all relevant sectors, inc luding for operation, maintenance and workforce capacity-building, with regular tracking and reporting; (e) Integrating harmonized water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity indicators into national monitoring and evaluation systems, and regularly collecting, analysing, reviewing and disseminating data findings at the national level; (f) Developing and capacitating structures to enable local and national coordination mechanisms, where relevant, for the provision of water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services, including by engaging community health workers in supporting such efforts and linking between hygiene practices in health care facilities; 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 to __________________ 9 10 4/5 World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, Waste and Electricity Services in Health Care Facilities: Progress on the Fundamentals (Geneva, 2023). The World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund Global Summit brought together 35 countries to share approaches, strategies and develop the Global Framework for Action (2024–2030): Water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services in all health care facilities achieves essential quality health services. The meeting report and presentations are available at www.washinhcf.org/resource/global-summit-meeting-report-amman-jordan/. 23-25874