Capacity Building Virtual Course in the use of the WASH FIT-Waste Tool for Health Facilities

This activity is aimed to strengthen the technical capacities of health centers staff and government entities in the use and implementation of the WASH FIT-Waste tool, a comprehensive guide developed by PAHO to ensure access to safe water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, especially in contexts of emergencies and disasters.

Through three virtual sessions, the aim is to generate a practical and situated training space, in which participants can understand, apply and adapt the key components of WASH FIT-Waste to the reality of their health facilities.

The course combines regulatory and technical content with simulation exercises and case analysis, including a special emphasis on the safe management of hospital waste, one of the most urgent and cross-cutting challenges in the Region. The methodology is designed to promote interaction, critical appropriation and the production of concrete outputs that can be replicated in the immediate environment of the participants.

Personnel of health facilities, personnel of entities responsible for the management of solid waste of health facilities, including:

• technical and administrative staff responsible for water, sanitation, hygiene and infection control;

• cleaning, maintenance and waste management staff;

• clinical staff with responsibilities for the implementation of CPI measures.