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Lack of access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services has a huge impact on citizens in Uganda. In this article, Comfort Hajra Mukasa, Programme Manager, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at Amref Health Africa, outlines the impact, and describes how connecting WASH and health systems has had... Read more...
Uganda and broader Africa perspectives on the All systems go Africa symposium. Read more...
Experiencing IRC's work on water, sanitation and hygiene in Uganda on my first trip Read more...
Why are we headed for failure and what can we do about it? IRC's proof of concept galvanises and empowers local political leadership. Read more...
There was a time in Uganda when water and environment issues were not topics of national debate Read more...
Lessons from the USAID Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership (SWS) in Ethiopia and Uganda (2016-2021) Read more...
Looking back on Post-COP Activists Connect Read more...
Stef Smits' in-depth review of the JMP 2021 data on the progress made in 15 countries and discussing the implications towards 2030. Read more...
A much needed medical waste incinerator for safe disposal was commissioned for Ruteete Health Centre III in Kabarole District, Uganda. Read more...
IRC and Water For People reframe the climate discussions from a WASH systems perspective. Read more...
Building new partnerships and setting clear goals to leverage investment. Read more...
"The master plan provides a strategic tool in bringing all sector actors together around a singular objective." - Magdalene Matthews, Senior Program Officer, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Read more...
An NGO and local governments grapple with the long-term implications of meeting emergency water supply needs during COVID-19. Read more...
Sharing, learning and collaborating at the University of Colorado annual WASH Symposium. Read more...
Public utilities are expanding into rural areas, are they the future of water and sanitation services? Read more...
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," Henry Ford famously said. Read more...
What does government leadership in the African water and sanitation sector really mean? Perspectives from a technocrat, a politician and IRC's CEO. Read more...
This #GivingTuesday we give more information on the global status, what IRC does and could do. Read more...
Where science meets policy, and practice. Read more...
A meeting organised by Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) and IRC Uganda, to inform the parliamentarians about the Watershed empowering citizens programme, discuss key issues in WASH and IWRM, and make recommendations on how the issues can be addressed effectively. Read more...
