SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
When It Is Not Measured, How Then Will It Be Planned for? WaSH a Critical Indicator for Universal Health Coverage in Kenya.
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- Global capacity for implementing the eight practical steps to achieve universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in healthcare facilities: A qualitative study using implementation science.SSM - health systems · 2026Article
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- Resource allocation for environmental health services in healthcare facilities: A qualitative case study from Niger.PLOS water · 2025Article
- The critical need for WASH in emergency preparedness in health settings, the case of COVID-19 pandemic in Kisumu Kenya.Health & place · 2022Article
- Attainment of water and sanitation goals: a review and agenda for research.Sustainable water resources management · 2022Article
- Qualitative assessments of anemia-related programs in Ghana reveal gaps and implementation challenges.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2021Article
- Universal WASH coverage; what it takes for fragile states. Case of Jariban district in Somalia.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
The quality and safety of healthcare facility (HCF) services are critical to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and yet the WHO/UNICEF joint monitoring program for water supply, sanitation and hygiene report indicates that only 51% and 23% of HCF in Sub-Saharan Africa have basic access to water and sanitation, respectively. Global commitments on improving access to water, sanitation, hygiene, waste management and environmental cleaning (WaSH) in HCF as part of implementing UHC have surged since 2015. Guided by political ecology of health theory, we explored the country level commitment to ensuring access to WaSH in HCFs as part of piloting UHC in Kisumu, Kenya. Through content analysis, 17 relevant policy documents were systematically reviewed using NVIVO. None of the national documents mentioned all the component of WaSH in healthcare facilities. Furthermore, these WaSH components are not measured as part of the universal health coverage pilot. Comprehensively incorporating WaSH measurement and monitoring in HCFs in the context of UHC policies creates a foundation for achieving SDG 6.
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