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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene at the Health Center

Publish Date: February 2017
Author: MCSP

This two-page brief outlines the challenges facing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in maternal and perinatal health, and proposes actions to address them via improved WASH in health facilities, greater leadership for ministries of health, increased coordination with other sectors, and better accountability.

Also available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish.


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