A/RES/80/289 Sustainable and safe water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services in health care facilities improve water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity in Indigenous health care facilities, Recognizing that the provision of safe water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services is fundamental for achieving universal health coverage, strengthening primary healthcare, improving quality care, and saving lives by ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths, as well as reducing the costs of healthcareassociated infections and the spread of antimicrobial resistance, Deeply concerned that the lack of access to adequate water and sanitation services, including for menstrual health and hygiene management in health care facilities, negatively affects gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls and their enjoyment of human rights, including the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and recognizing the specific hygiene needs of women and girls during menstruation, and that women have specific hygiene needs during pregnancy, childbearing and rearing and throughout the life course, Noting the importance, in accordance with international humanitarian law, of respecting and protecting, in situations of armed conflict, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in medical duties, their means of transport and equipment, and hospitals and other medical facilities, which must not be unlawfully attacked, and ensuring that the wounded and sick receive, to the fullest extent practicable and with the least possible delay, the medical care and attention required, Ensuring the safe, timely and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel and medical personnel responding to pandemics and other health emergencies, as well as their means of transport, supplies and equipment, and supporting, facilitating and enabling transportation and logistical supply lines, in order to allow such personnel to efficiently and safely perform their task of assisting affected populations, and in this regard also reaffirming the need to take the necessary measures to respect and protect such personnel, hospitals and other medical facilities consistent with international humanitarian law, Recognizing the consequence of the adverse impact of climate change, natural disasters, extreme weather events as well as other environmental determinants of health, such as clean air, safe drinking water, sanitation, safe, sufficient and nutritious food and secure shelter, for health, and in this regard underscoring the need to foster health in climate change adaptation efforts, underlining that resilient and people centred health systems are necessary to protect the health of all people, in particular those who are vulnerable or in vulnerable situations, Taking note of the work of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund through the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, and their global leadership and coordination of efforts to improve water, sanitation, hygiene and electricity in health care facilities, and of the Global Framework for Action 2024–2030 on water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity in health care facilities, which lays out clear targets and recommended actions, including use of evidence-based actions and tools to improve water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services, which are outlined in the Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement framework, 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 advocate for, appropriately use 4/6 26-09985