Percent of health facilities with soap and running water or alcohol-based rub available in labour, childbirth, neonatal and paediatric wards
Percent of health facilities with soap and running water or alcohol-based rub available in labour, childbirth, neonatal and paediatric wards
Number of health facilities with soap and running water or alcohol-based rub available in labour, childbirth, neonatal and paediatric wards.
Total number of health facilities
Facility or ward type, geographic location, managing authority, programme.
Record of direct observation of the facility infrastructure and commodities (soap, running water, alcohol-based rub.)
Service availability and readiness assessment (SARA)
Other health facility surveys
Self-report
This indicator measures the availability of physical resources at the facility. Access to soap and running water or alcohol-based rub are necessary for basic infection control and are intended to be available within the context of functioning health systems at all times and in adequate amounts.
Service access and availability, Essential medicines, Commodities, Supply chain and logistics, Obstetric care, Labor and delivery, Intrapartum care, Postpartum care, Postnatal care, Pediatric care, Maternal health, Newborn health
World Health Organization (WHO). Consultation on Improving Measurement of the Quality of Maternal, Newborn and Child Care in Health Facilities.; 2013. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/128206/1/9789241507417_eng.pdf
