Health Facilities Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
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Definition
This indicator measures the proportion of health care facilities with access to all three basic Water service, basic sanitation service and basic hygiene service (as defined by WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene) out of the total number of health care facilities in the project area over a specified time period.
Numerator
Number of health care facilities within the Save the Children program that have at least a basic Water service, and a basic sanitation service and a basic hygiene service
Denominator
Total number of health care facilities within the Save the Children program
Recommended Means of Verification
Annual health facility surveys using JMP recommended ‘core’ questions to facilitate monitoring of WASH targets can be accessed at https://washdata.org/report/jmp-2018-core-questions-monitoring-winhcf
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Total Reach Indicator
Frequency of Data Collection
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Indicator is Rounding
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Additional Guidance
Basic Water in Health Care Facilities = Water is available from an improved source on the premises.
Improved water sources are those that have the potential to deliver safe water by nature of their design and construction, and include: piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, rainwater, and packaged or delivered water.
Basic Sanitation in Health Care Facilities = Improved sanitation facilities are usable with at least one toilet dedicated for staff, at least one sex-separated toilet with menstrual hygiene facilities, and at least one toilet accessible for people with limited mobility.
Improved sanitation facilities are those designed to hygienically separate excreta from human contact, and include: flush/pour flush to piped sewer system, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.
Basic Hygiene in Health Care Facilities = Functional hand hygiene facilities (with water and soap and/or alcohol-based hand rub) are available at points of care, and within 5 meters of toilets.
Handwashing facilities may be fixed or mobile and include a sink with tap water, buckets with taps, tippy-taps, and jugs or basins designated for handwashing. Soap includes bar soap, liquid soap, powder detergent, and soapy water but does not include ash, soil, sand or other handwashing agents.
Points of care are defined here as any location in the health care facility where care or treatment is delivered (i.e. consultation/exam rooms), with priority given to outpatient departments.