Half The World’s Healthcare Lacks Basic Hygiene Services: UN Report
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These facilities do not have water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub. (Representational)Geneva, Switzerland: Half of the world's healthcare facilities lack basic hygiene services, putting nearly four billion people at greater risk of infection, the United Nations said Tuesday.These facilities do not have water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care, and in their toilets, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNICEF children's agency.Around 3.85 billion people use these facilities, putting them at greater risk of infection, including 688 million people who receive care at facilities with no hygiene services at all, the UN agencies said in their Joint Monitoring Programme report."Hygiene facilities and practices in healthcare settings are ...