**2. Objectives**

A facility-wide WASH and IPC assessment is the cornerstone for designing, developing, and implementing specific WASH and IPC activities at healthcare facilities. This type of assessment helps identify and prioritize surveillance and prevention activities at the facility, based on the risk of acquiring and transmitting infections in the facility [1, 23, 31]. This report will provide healthcare policy makers at the national, district, and facility levels with the evidence and the action plans needed to strengthen WASH services and infection control policies, practices, and resources in health facilities and to motivate facilities to intensify efforts where needed to prevent, respond to, and control the spread of COVID-19. This report identifies areas for quality improvement in primary healthcare facilities, including

strengthening WASH and IPC policies and standards that will lead to lower infection rates, better health outcomes for patients and improved safety and morale. It also identifies the strengths and gaps in the WASH and IPC practices, activities, and resources in the primary healthcare facilities in Jordan in the context of COVID-19.
