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,
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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
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