Project Report: Provide water, sanitation and hygiene to healthcare facilities in Timor-Leste
Project background In Timor-Leste over 80% of healthcare facilities (HCFs) do not have the basics such as: a water supply on site; toilets for staff, men, women and people with a disability; places to wash hands with soap; cleaning protocols; and safely managed healthcare waste.
Source: https://www.footprintsnetwork.org/project/231/Provide-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-to-healthcare-facilities-in-Timor-Leste.aspx
To address this crisis, WaterAid is building on the progress towards ending open defecation in Liquica and Manufahi, to strive towards the next level identified in the National Sanitation Policy: Hygienic Status, requiring sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services in HCFs.
