Download or read book Global report on infection prevention and control 2024 written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2024-11-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This global report is an update of the previous edition issued in 2022 and provides a snapshot of the implementation of the WHO recommendations and standards aimed at making health care settings a safe environment through best practices in IPC, including water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and waste management. It highlights the burden of health care-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the related harm to both patients and health workers in care settings. It presents also an updated global situation analysis of the implementation of IPC programmes at the national and health care facility levels, including a focus on the WHO regions. Finally, it highlights recent landmark political and implementation documents, which indicate directions, actions, indicators and targets for countries and the international IPC community to help them to progress in the implementation and improvement of IPC. The report is primarily aimed at those in charge of making decisions and formulating policies in the field of IPC at national, subnational and facility levels. This includes policy-makers, senior managers, administrators who are managing health budgets, and IPC focal points at national (ministry of health, public health institutes, etc.), subnational and health care facility levels.