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Blogs

IRC experts, guest bloggers, WASH sector colleagues share their ideas, observations and expertise through these informal blogs filtered by topic, projects and more.

Fixing a pump in Burkina Faso

It is all about systems

Published on: 29/08/2016
Providing water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever for everyone, is all about systems.

making informed choices

Reinventing the toilet

Published on: 15/01/2014
Worldwide, traditional toilets are letting people down, with about 2.6 billion people using unsafe ones or defecating in the open.

Over-reliance on imported parts can result in unsustainable services.

Technologies that work... and keep on working

Published on: 09/12/2013
How do we choose the most effective technologies in the delivery of water supply, sanitation and hygiene services?

Innovation uptake graph

New approaches to increasing the spread of new technologies

Published on: 29/10/2013
A workshop, 'New Approaches to Scaling Up WASH Technologies', was organised at this year's UNC's Water and Health conference to introduce novel approaches to scaling up WASH technologies. One of these approaches is the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF).