Sec. 5. Global wash in healthcare facilities action plan
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The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Secretary of State, shall develop and implement an action plan, to be known as the Global WASH in Healthcare Facilities Action Plan , to accomplish the policy objectives listed in section 3(a). Such action plan shall— set specific, timebound, and measurable goals, and identify relevant performance metrics drawing from existing and complementary strategies and plans; describe monitoring and evaluation plans that reflect best practices relating to transparency, accountability, localized sustainability, country capacity, budgetary support and ownership, water, sanitation, and hygiene, including appropriate use of gender disaggregated data; establish clear and transparent criteria for WASH in healthcare facilities in target countries, drawn from existing water, sanitation and hygiene, need for strong health systems, infection prevention and control, pandemic preparedness and response, maternal, newborn and child health, and nutrition programs high priority countries and assessments, and for selecting regions and intended beneficiaries of assistance; describe linkages and coordination with other relevant policies, strategies, plans and initiatives including those related to gender, resilience, global health, and pandemic preparedness and response; describe measures and approaches to address the issues of infection prevention and control, menstrual health and hygiene, safe and equitable access to WASH for health workers, gaps in current data, monitoring and evaluation analysis and capacity, consistent with the policy objectives described in section 3(a); support partner governments to strengthen supply chains and, as appropriate, establish and maintain strategic stockpiles of critical water, sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health products, clean, operational and maintenance inputs, and related hardware for resilient healthcare; address women’s and girls’ specific needs for water, sanitation, and hygiene access in healthcare facilities, in particular, personal safety, privacy, dignity, and menstrual health and hygiene and maternal health; support the long-term sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene access in healthcare facilities especially at points of care, through health systems resiliency approaches including capacity building; leverage new and existing water, sanitation, and hygiene technologies, including non-sewered sanitation solutions, and a variety of technologies for sanitation and healthcare waste treatment; in support of sustainably increased WASH access in healthcare facilities and increased local ownership, identify criteria, and methodology for graduating countries from United States assistance provided for the policy objectives listed in section 3(a); and anticipate resource needs to implement the Action Plan, including such amounts to be transferred by the Secretary of State to the Administrator of USAID pursuant to section 6(a).
The Administrator may include the Action Plan required by subsection
(a)as a component of the USAID Agency-Specific Plan for the United States International Activities to Advance Global Health Security and Diplomacy Strategy required by the Global Health Security and International Pandemic, Preparedness and Response Act (subtitle D of title LV of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023), or as a component of other USAID strategies, policies, plans or initiatives, as appropriate. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of USAID shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report consisting of— the Global WASH in Healthcare Facilities Action Plan required under subsection (a); and a description of the manner in which the Administrator intends to advance the policy objectives listed in section 3(a) through such action plan.