ADB WASH and health webinar: WaterAid’s health systems strengthening approach for WASH in healthcare facilities Read more about ADB WASH and health webinar: WaterAid’s health systems strengthening approach for WASH in healthcare facilities This presentation discussed a health systems-strengthening approach to improve WASH in health care facilities; hand and environmental hygiene behavior change in health care facilities; and how WASH links to health security and antimicrobial resistance. It also highlighted the progression of WASH interventions at the global level, particularly noting the milestone of the 2019 approval of the WASH in health care facilities resolution at the World Health Assembly.
WASH Seminar Series: Part 4 – A Health Systems-Strengthening Approach to Improve WASH in Health Care Facilities Read more about WASH Seminar Series: Part 4 – A Health Systems-Strengthening Approach to Improve WASH in Health Care Facilities Part 4 of the Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series
Alison Macintyre Keywords WaterAid Australia Alison Macintyre WASH in healthcare facilities maternal and newborn health quality universal health coverage nutrition antimicrobial resistance public health Read more about Alison Macintyre Alison has led WaterAid Australia’s strategy, policy, research, and programming on the intersection of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) with human health since 2013. She supports health-related research, programming, and policy work in the Southeast Asia and Pacific regions and contributes to WaterAid’s global policy and advocacy. Her main areas of focus are WASH in healthcare facilities, maternal and newborn health, quality universal health coverage, nutrition, and antimicrobial resistance.