The objectives of the scheme is to promote cleanliness, hygiene and infection control practices in public health care facilities, to incentivize and recognize such public healthcare facilities that show exemplary performance in adhering to standard protocols of cleanliness and infection control, to... inculcate a culture of ongoing assessment and peer review of performance related to hygiene, cleanliness and sanitation, to create and share sustainable practices related to improved cleanliness in public health facilities linked to positive health outcomes.
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization Volume 93, Number 9, September 2015, 589-664
Journal of The Association of Physicians of India, Vol. 63 November 2015,, pp.77-96
Lancet Glob Health 2015; 3: e396–409. Open Access
NATIONAL HIV/AIDS/STI/TB COUNCIL DEVOLUTION PLAN
A review of current literature and up date data from the field, April 2015.
This report has been published in part in J Hosp Inf. 2015;90:1-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=ebola+nosocomial+shears
A survey was conducted in countries in all six WHO regions and focused on the building blocks that are considered prerequisites to combat antimicrobial resistance: a comprehensive national plan, laboratory capacity to undertake surveillance for resistant microorganisms, access to safe, effective ant...imicrobial medicines, control of the misuse of these medicines, awareness and understanding among the general public and effective infection prevention and control programmes.
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Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Apr; 20(4): 448–454. Open Access
Briefing Note no. 80 November 2015