Bringing together research with policy, practice, and networking events.
Published on: 29/09/2021
The 2021 UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice was held October 4 – 8, 2021 virtually from the comfort of your home or office. The Conference explores drinking water supply, sanitation, hygiene, and water resources in both developing and developed countries with a strong public health emphasis.
See what we planned with partners during the virtual UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice.
View the recording for the discussions, plenary sessions, and presentations by IRC experts and partners.
Date | Time | Session | Convenors | Recordings of the sessions |
Tuesday, October 05 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM CEST | Plenary session: Host: Snehalatha Mekala | FANSA | The Water Institute at UNC | Recording: Plenary session Evolution of rural water supply |
Wednesday, October 06 | 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM CEST | "Achieving Safely Managed Drinking Water Services in Africa" by Magdalene Matthews | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation | WHO, The Water Institute at UNC | Recording: Session Water quality monitoring |
Wednesday 06 October | 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM CEST | Importance of collective action for professionalizing maintenance services
| USAID, University of Colorado, Whave, Oxford/Fundifix, IRC, Environmental Incentives, Millennium Water Alliance | Recording: Session Importance of collective action for professional maintenance services |
Wednesday 06 October | 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM CEST | Water For People; Kampala Capital City Authority; Blantyre City Council; OPERO Services; Kisumu Water & Sanitation Company Ltd | Recording: | |
Thursday, 07 October | 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM CEST | Implementing proposals for global and national monitoring of WASH services affordability | UNICEF; World Health Organization (WHO); Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) | Recording: Session Implementing proposals for global and national monitoring of WASH services affordability |
Consult the full event programme
