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Tax exemption on a number of products can play an important role in improving sanitation coverage in Ethiopia. Read more...
A much needed medical waste incinerator for safe disposal was commissioned for Ruteete Health Centre III in Kabarole District, Uganda. Read more...
A collaboration of experts has drawn up a new definition on menstrual health to advance advocacy and coherent action. Read more...
The deep divide between governmental health policies on menstrual hygiene and the reality on the ground during the pandemic. Read more...
Is hazardous medical waste sufficiently managed? Read more...
Material prepared by a team from the Ghana National Development Planning Commission and IRC Ghana Isaac Adita Principal Enrolled Nurse at Foe CHPS – now one of the most popular centres in the district for women to give birth Isaac Adita has been Principal Enrolled Nurse since 2016 - a time when the... Read more...
Vivian Kumah has been the lead nurse in charge of the community health planning and service centre at Gambia No 1 for about four and half years – and getting water had been a problem for almost the whole of that time. Read more...
This #GivingTuesday we give more information on the global status, what IRC does and could do. Read more...
White Ribbon Alliance aims for a 30% WASH access improvement at healthcare facilities in Chitipa, Zomba and Dowa, Malawi. Read more...
Guest blog by Kenyan menstrual hygiene management champion Daniel Karanja. Read more...
During menstruation every woman wants to cuddle up in a warm blanket. However, women in certain rural areas in Nepal have to sleep in a cowshed during that period of the month. Read more...