An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics

An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics

Adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities plays a critical role in ensuring improved health care utilization and reducing disease burden due to reinfection. WASH in health facilities is now gaining momentum with the ne...

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Main Authors: Joseph, George, Alam, Bushra Binte, Shrestha, Anne, Islam, Khairul, Lahiri, Santanu, Ayling, Sophie
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
WATER AND SANITATION
HEALTH CLINICS
HYGIENE
ACCESS TO WATER
WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540641561662684672/An-Assessment-of-Water-Sanitation-and-Hygiene-Access-in-Bangladeshs-Community-Health-Clinics
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spelling okr-10986-319962022-09-19T12:17:20Z An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics Joseph, George Alam, Bushra Binte Shrestha, Anne Islam, Khairul Lahiri, Santanu Ayling, Sophie WATER AND SANITATION HEALTH CLINICS HYGIENE ACCESS TO WATER WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities plays a critical role in ensuring improved health care utilization and reducing disease burden due to reinfection. WASH in health facilities is now gaining momentum with the new SDG targets that governments have vowed to meet. This goal calls for a baseline examination of existing WASH conditions in health facilities. Using data collected through a census of all community health clinics in Bangladesh, this paper presents an analysis of the state of WASH in Bangladesh's rural, public health facilities highlighting that the lack of functionality of WASH facilities is a widespread problem across the country. The paper also identifies priority areas for action when considering the prevalence of poverty and chronic undernutrition at the upazilla level. 2019-07-01T16:57:53Z 2019-07-01T16:57:53Z 2019-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540641561662684672/An-Assessment-of-Water-Sanitation-and-Hygiene-Access-in-Bangladeshs-Community-Health-Clinics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31996 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8924 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Bangladesh
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topic WATER AND SANITATION
HEALTH CLINICS
HYGIENE
ACCESS TO WATER
WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
spellingShingle WATER AND SANITATION
HEALTH CLINICS
HYGIENE
ACCESS TO WATER
WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Joseph, George
Alam, Bushra Binte
Shrestha, Anne
Islam, Khairul
Lahiri, Santanu
Ayling, Sophie
An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics
geographic_facet South Asia
Bangladesh
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8924
description Adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in health care facilities plays a critical role in ensuring improved health care utilization and reducing disease burden due to reinfection. WASH in health facilities is now gaining momentum with the new SDG targets that governments have vowed to meet. This goal calls for a baseline examination of existing WASH conditions in health facilities. Using data collected through a census of all community health clinics in Bangladesh, this paper presents an analysis of the state of WASH in Bangladesh's rural, public health facilities highlighting that the lack of functionality of WASH facilities is a widespread problem across the country. The paper also identifies priority areas for action when considering the prevalence of poverty and chronic undernutrition at the upazilla level.
format Working Paper
author Joseph, George
Alam, Bushra Binte
Shrestha, Anne
Islam, Khairul
Lahiri, Santanu
Ayling, Sophie
author_facet Joseph, George
Alam, Bushra Binte
Shrestha, Anne
Islam, Khairul
Lahiri, Santanu
Ayling, Sophie
author_sort Joseph, George
title An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics
title_short An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics
title_full An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics
title_fullStr An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics
title_full_unstemmed An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics
title_sort assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene access in bangladesh's community health clinics
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540641561662684672/An-Assessment-of-Water-Sanitation-and-Hygiene-Access-in-Bangladeshs-Community-Health-Clinics
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