As part of an ongoing evaluation of its programs and resources, CloroxPro has made the decision to discontinue the HealthyClean program. This planned sunset allows the company to focus its efforts on initiatives that support evolving customer needs and business priorities.

The CloroxPro HealthyClean program will completely end on Oct 1. New user registration discontinued on Aug. 15. After Sept. 30, users will no longer be able to log in to access course records, completed training information, or certificates.

Certificates earned before the program’s sunset will remain valid indefinitely. If a certificate previously downloaded includes an expiration date, CloroxPro advised to log in and download an updated copy by Sept. 30. Updated certificates will reflect the removal of the expiration date.

For additional information, visit CloroxPro’s Frequently Asked Questions or contact the company at [email protected].

A new World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF report reveals significant gaps in essential water, sanitation, hygiene, and environmental health services in healthcare facilities worldwide. Despite notable gains since 2015, only four in 10 facilities meet basic sanitation standards and fewer than six in 10 achieve basic environmental cleaning standards such patient rooms and wards, operating rooms, examination and treatment areas, toilets, and sanitation facilities, leaving patients and health workers exposed to preventable health risks, WHO reported.

In 2025, an estimated 85% of health-care facilities had a basic water service, 72% had basic hygiene services, and 71% had basic healthcare waste management services. However, only 59% met the basic standard for environmental cleaning, and 40% met the requirements for a basic sanitation service.

The finding that only 40% of healthcare facilities had basic sanitation services does not mean that 60% had no toilets. Globally, 89% had some form of sanitation and 85% had usable toilets. To qualify as a basic sanitation service, toilets must be improved and usable and meet the needs of patients, staff, women and girls, and people with limited mobility.

Only around half of facilities had sex-separated toilets, accessible toilets or facilities for menstrual hygiene. The lack of menstrual hygiene facilities and accessible toilets were the most common factors preventing facilities from meeting the basic standard.

“A toilet is not enough if it is unsafe, inaccessible or does not meet the needs of women, girls, and people with disabilities,” said Evariste Kouassi Komlan, director of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) at UNICEF. “Without basic WASH services, healthcare facilities can pose serious risks to women during childbirth, newborns, and young children. Safe, inclusive, and dignified WASH services are essential to delivering quality care and protecting health.”

Environmental cleaning also remains a major concern. Only 59% of facilities met the basic standard, which requires both cleaning protocols and trained cleaning staff. Neither requirement was met by 18% of facilities, corresponding to facilities serving a population of approximately 1.5 billion people. In least developed countries, only 24% met the basic standard.

Environmental cleaning is a core part of infection prevention and control because contaminated healthcare environments can contribute to healthcare-associated infections and the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

However, progress has been made. Between 2015 and 2025, global coverage improved for basic water, hygiene, and waste management services, with the largest increase recorded for hygiene. Even so, around one in 10 healthcare facilities still had no water service and a similar proportion had no sanitation service.

WHO said the report calls on countries to strengthen routine monitoring and move beyond measuring whether infrastructure is present. Monitoring should increasingly assess reliability, safety, accessibility and cleanliness, as well as whether services meet the needs of patients and health workers.