In-person and online. Forwarded from LSHTM.
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The event highlights global efforts and new evidence on environmental cleaning to prevent healthcare associated infections, marking a Lancet Microbe publication.
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/keep-it-clean-crucial-pathway-...
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remain a major, yet largely preventable, burden across all countries—contributing infection in 7% of hospital patients in high income settings, and 15% in Low and Middle-Income Countries thereby imposing significant costs on health systems and society. Environmental cleaning is a critical component of infection prevention and control strategies. However, it is often overlooked in terms of staffing, funding, and research investment. Over the past five years, a coalition of leading organizations—including WHO, ICAN, WaterAid, UK-PHRST, and LSHTM—has worked to raise awareness of this missed opportunity to reduce infection transmission.
Join us on 11 December for this evening event hosted by LSHTM, where we will highlight the collaborative efforts to strengthen the evidence base for environmental cleaning in healthcare settings. The event will mark the publication in Lancet Microbe of findings from a recent cluster randomized trial conducted in Cambodia which evaluates the effectiveness of the WHO training package on environmental cleaning. The programme will feature presentations, a panel discussion, and a Q&A session, followed by a networking reception.
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HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org