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Analysis enables forecasting of water access, longevity of sources and investment priorities. Read more...
Although most people acknowledge the importance of learning for improving performance in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, in practice key information and knowledge are too often not (or only partly) used for the planning and implementation of interventions. Read more...
The governments of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea thank the Dutch government for its support Read more...
Hours after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the Ebola epidemic in West-Afirca, Sierra Leone confirmed a new death. It's not over for the hardest hit continent after two years of struggle. Read more...
The Tanzanian Ministry of Water has adopted the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) to help make water and sanitation services sustainable. Tanzania is now the seventh country to use this innovative tool, which was developed by the IRC-led WASHTech project. Read more...
The focus of IRC's work in Africa outside the focus countries is on strengthening regional institutions and platforms to support government leadership towards achieving nationally defined sector priorities and targets; advocate for policies and practices that adopt a government-led service delivery... Read more...
IRC and partners have supported the government of Sierra Leone in launching an initiative for learning in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector. A sector learning framework has been developed in consultation with sector players. Now leadership and commitment are needed to move sector learning... Read more...
Lessons learnt from the Pan-Africa programme have prompted several countries to turn the sanitation challenges into opportunities for progress. Read more...
Eight African countries are creatively achieving the goals of community led total sanitation programmes (CLTS) including one idea in Malawi where handwashing is monitored according to the health of tree seedlings planted beneath water outlets. Read more...
On 25 January 2013, Kwabena Nyarko, on behalf of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), presented concepts of the life-cycle costs approach and findings from the scoping mission for WASHCost to expand into Sierra Leone. Read more...