Infection prevention and control
The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Technical and Clinical Hub team provides technical leadership and coordination of the IPC work at WHO headquarters, including through the IPC Taskforce. It also coordinates the work on sepsis. The IPC Hub is located within the Integrated Health Services (IHS) department in the Universal Health Coverage and Life Course division and works jointly with the IPC team in the WHO’s Health Emergencies (WHE) division and the AMR division. The IPC Hub team, along with the IPC WHE team, co-leads the IPC pillar of the WHO response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Key global policy, strategy and planning resources for IPC
World Hand Hygiene Day 2024
Why is sharing knowledge about hand hygiene still so important? Because it helps stop the spread of harmful germs in healthcare.
Promoting knowledge and capacity building of health and care workers through innovative and impactful training and education, on infection prevention and control, including hand hygiene.
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News and events
IPC newsletter
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10 April 2024
WHO IPC - Global Newsletter N°44
26 March 2024
WHO IPC - Global Newsletter N°43
27 February 2024
WHO IPC - Global Newsletter N°42
Country stories
All →To help inspire your IPC implementation journey, WHO is and has been collecting country stories from around the world to showcase exemplars of IPC implementation as they relate to the WHO core components.
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13 November 2023
Assessment tool on infection prevention and control minimum requirements for secondary health care facilities
The World Health Organization (WHO) assessment tool on infection prevention and control (IPC) minimum requirements for secondary health care facilities...
13 November 2023
Assessment tool on infection prevention and control minimum requirements for tertiary health care facilities
The World Health Organization (WHO) assessment tool on infection prevention and control (IPC) minimum requirements for tertiary health care facilities...
Hand hygiene is vital for safe health care delivery, yet practices at the point of care remain suboptimal worldwide. A comprehensive research agenda...
The WHO assessment tool on infection prevention and control (IPC) minimum requirements for primary health care facilities is a tool to support the implementation...
