Susan Mercado

Dr. Susan Pineda Mercado is a medical doctor and public health expert with extensive experience at international, national, and local levels. Her international work includes a 15-year distinguished career at the World Health Organization, where she retired as Director of Noncommunicable Disease and Health through the Life Course Approach. She is internationally recognized for her work on tobacco control, health promotion, healthy cities, reproductive health, family planning, and strategic health communication.

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.