MOMENTUM Technical Brief: Ensuring Essential Health Services and IPC during COVID-19 in Bangladesh
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This technical brief describes the MOMENTUM project's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, focusing on ensuring the delivery of essential health services.
2022

Abstract
The project aimed to improve infection prevention and control (IPC) readiness in 15 health care facilities in the Barishal division. The brief outlines the project's approach, activities, results, and lessons learned. The project's key achievements include improving IPC readiness scores, increasing access to basic WASH services, and enhancing health worker compliance with IPC behaviors. The brief also highlights the importance of coordination with other USAID programs and national response efforts, the use of digital data collection platforms, and the need for integrating WASH and IPC data within national health management information systems.
Classification
USAID MOMENTUM