Progress on water, sanitation, hygiene, environmental cleaning and waste management in health care facilities 2015–2025

Overview

This new WHO and UNICEF report reveals significant gaps in essential water, sanitation, hygiene and environmental health services in health-care facilities worldwide. Despite notable gains since 2015, only four in ten facilities meet basic sanitation standards and fewer than six in ten achieve basic environmental cleaning standards such patient rooms and wards, operating theatres, examination and treatment areas, toilets and sanitation facilities, leaving patients and health workers exposed to preventable health risks. The report provides the clearest global picture yet of these essential services in health-care facilities.