The aim of this overview is to provide thorough yet succinct information about safe, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities along with actionable strategies for implementing them.

The main audience for this overview includes health care facility managers, health practitioners and national authorities, such as ministries of health, water, infrastructure, energy and environment, and other global, national and subnational actors working on and with health care facilities.

This guide (i) provides an overview and definitions of safe, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities; (ii) lists concrete guidance about actions that can be taken to achieve them; and (iii) points to key materials, resources and tools that provide more detailed guidance and actions.