Thank you for contacting me about universal access to water.
Improving access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services, including in healthcare facilities, has been a key global health priority for us. It forms a core part of the UK's Ending Preventable Deaths of mothers, babies and children strategy published in December 2021, and is critical to our wider global health objectives.
Under the Conservatives, the UK will continue to work with our international partners, including through theG7, to ensure WASH is included in efforts to prevent the spread of infections, prevent future pandemics, and reduce the threat of anti-microbial resistance.
We will also continue to pursue these objectives through our membership of the “WASH In Healthcare Facilities” international taskforce, through our bilateral programming such as our innovative hand hygiene partnership with Unilever, and through our core multilateral funding including to the World Bank and the World Health Organisation.