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Progress on water, sanitation, hygiene, environmental cleaning and waste management in health care facilities 2015–2025

August 2026
A hygienist cleans newly constructed latrines at a health centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Brief summary

This report presents updated national, regional and global estimates for water, sanitation, hygiene, environmental cleaning and waste management services in health care facilities from 2015 to 2025.

Report highlights

This report presents, for the first time, global estimates for all five basic service areas, including the first estimates for basic sanitation and environmental cleaning. In 2025, an estimated 85% of health care facilities had a basic water service, 72% had basic hygiene services and 71% had basic health care waste management services. However, only 59% met the basic standard for environmental cleaning and 40% met the requirements for a basic sanitation service.

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  • WASH services in health care facilities, 2025

    Basic WASH service levels in health care facilities, 2025
  • Sanitation services in health care facilities, 2025

    Basic sanitation services in health care facilities
  • Water services in health care facilities, 2025

    Water services in health care facilities, 2015 and 2025
  • Health care waste management in health care facilities, 2025

    Health care waste management
  • Hand hygiene facilities at points of care

    Hand hygiene materials at points of care

    Different wards within health care facilities may have different access to hand hygiene facilities

  • Environmental cleaning services in health care facilities, 2025

    Basic environmental cleaning services in health care facilities, 2025
  • Electricity in health care facilities

    Electricity in health care facilities
  • The number of data sources available in JMP reports continues to grow

    Bar chart showing growth in number of data sources used from 2019 to 2016

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