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Every year an estimated one million mothers and babies lose their lives due to healthcare associated infections.

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Severe infection is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths. More than two out of five maternal deaths occur within 24 hours due to haemorrhage or infection.

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Newborn Safety

Health-care associated infections are responsible for 75% of deaths among hospital born babies in South-East Asia and Sub Saharan Africa

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Hand, Cord, and Birth Surface Hygiene in Zanzibar

Soapbox Updates

A new paper led by Soapboxer Giorgia Gon focussing on hand, cord and birth-surface hygiene in Zanzibar maternity units has recently been published in Health Policy and Planning. Only 50% of births in Zanzibar occur in health facilities. Efforts in the last decade have reduced the maternal mortality ratio from 473 per 100 000 live […]

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Soapbox to attend High-Level Birthing Settings Indicators Meeting in Geneva

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The WHO and UNICEF meeting held in Geneva in March 2015 on “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Health Care Facilities” brought together key stakeholders from the health and WASH communities. The focus of the meeting was to discuss the urgent need to address the lack of adequate WASH in health facilities and the serious […]

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AMR Roundtable

Soapbox Updates

Last month Soapboxer Giorgia Gon attended a roundtable event at the London School of Hygiene and Medicine (LSHTM). The roundtable, hosted be SHARE and the LSHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Centre, focussed on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and anti-microbial resistance (AMR). The event, attended by a number of stakeholders including WHO and WaterAid colleagues, prompted discussion […]

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WaterAid Workshop in Myanmar

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Soapboxer Dr Sandra Virgo reports from Myanmar: At the start of June, I flew to Yangon in Myanmar to help with preparation for a needs assessment of 30 health facilities as part of a project undertaken by WaterAid and funded by UNICEF and WHO, as well as local partners including the Burnet Institute. It was […]

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Successful Pilot of the Illustrated Cleaning Guidelines

The Gambia

We’ve previously reported on the participatory training package developed for health facility cleaners on basic environmental hygiene and infection prevention and control (IPC). The package was piloted in the Gambia where we also provided the facilities involved with cleaning procedure guidelines where previously they did not exist. However, the guidelines were text-based and therefore poorly […]

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Safe Birth

Every year an estimated one million mothers and babies lose their lives due to healthcare associated infections.

WASH & CLEAN

Severe infection is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths. More than two out of five maternal deaths occur within 24 hours due to haemorrhage or infection.

Newborn Safety

Health-care associated infections are responsible for 75% of deaths among hospital born babies in South-East Asia and Sub Saharan Africa