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January 2026 Edition of the GET Webinar Series

Health emergencies whether driven by infectious disease outbreaks, pandemics, humanitarian crises, or climate-related disasters, continue to expose vulnerabilities in health systems worldwide. Recent public health emergencies, including COVID-19, Ebola virus disease, cholera outbreaks, mpox, and other emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, have demonstrated that weaknesses in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) significantly undermine effective preparedness and response efforts. IPC and WASH are globally recognized as essential components of health emergency readiness and response. The World Health Organization (WHO) underscores that functional IPC programmes and adequate WASH services, including safe water supply, sanitation, health care waste management, environmental cleaning, and hand hygiene, are critical to preventing health care-associated infections, protecting health workers and patients, and limiting the amplification of outbreaks during emergencies. Despite global guidance and frameworks, many countries, particularly low and middleincome countries and fragile settings, continue to face persistent gaps in IPC and WASH readiness. These include inadequate infrastructure in health facilities, limited surge capacity during emergencies, insufficient integration of IPC and WASH into emergency preparedness plans, weak coordination across sectors, and limited availability of practical tools to assess and strengthen readiness. During emergencies, these gaps are often exacerbated, increasing the risk of nosocomial transmission, health worker infections, secondary outbreaks, and reduced trust in health systems. GET organized this webinar to convene international organizations, technical experts, policymakers, and implementers to examine how IPC and WASH can be strengthened as core pillars of health emergency preparedness and response. Building on global guidance and country experiences, the webinar will promote practical learning, knowledge exchange, and alignment between global standards and on-the-ground implementation.