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Women's Self-help Groups from Odisha, India, are trained in hygiene promotion and soap making. Read more...
Nearly ten months after the launch of the Clean Hands, Good Health campaign in the Plateau Central region officially ended on Sunday 5 June 2022 during a ceremony at the Departmental High School of the commune of Ourgou Manega. Commune representatives from administrative, religious and traditional... Read more...
Près de dix mois après le lancement de la campagne « Mains-Propres Bonne Santé » dans la région du Plateau Central, elle a officiellement pris fin le dimanche 05 Juin 2022, au cours d’une cérémonie organisée à propos au Lycée départemental de la commune de Ourgou Manega. C'était en présence des... Read more...
The commune of Absouya is the third commune of the Plateau Central region that has hosted the Clean Hands, Good Health campaign organised by IRC with the support of UNICEF. It was on Monday, 2 May 2022 in the square in front of the town hall of Absouya. Read more...
La commune de Absouya est la troisième commune du Plateau Central ayant accueilli la campagne Mains Propres-Bonne Santé organisée par IRC avec le soutien de l'UNICEF. C'était le lundi 02 mai 2022 à la place de la Mairie de Absouya. Read more...
Women from Odisha, India, demand greater role in decision making and hygiene promotion. Read more...
IRC organises a public event to raise awareness on handwashing with soap and to stop open defecation. Read more...
IRC is starting the second phase of the Clean Hands-Good Health campaign in the Central Plateau region of Burkina Faso with the support of UNICEF. Read more...
La campagne Mains Propres-Bonne Santé portée par l'IRC est entrain de démarrer sa deuxième phase dans la région du Plateau Centrale, avec le soutien de l'UNICEF. Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso had an ambitious target: to reach 3.6 million people with an important public health announcement for good hygiene behaviours. A message of critical importance in times of Covid-19 and beyond. Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso seeks to reach 3.6 million people with a critical public health message. Read more...
In this WASH Talk episode, we talk about hygiene promotion, handwashing and behaviour change, highlighting an experience in Bhutan. Read more...
A discussion on ways to use existing systems to improve scale and sustainability of hygiene promotion efforts. Read more...
A BRAC/IRC case study shows that tea stalls in Bangladesh are ideal to teach men about hygiene. Read more...
New report reveals how BRAC, an innovative NGO in Bangladesh, provided sanitation to 39 million people. Read more...
The National Hand Washing Secretariat in Uganda recently awarded IRC Uganda a certificate of recognition as one of the key exhibitors during the Global Hand Washing Day celebrations Read more...
Since the first ever International Conference On MHM was hosted in Uganda in August 2014, there have been unrelenting efforts to break the silence on menstruation and address the subject more openly. Most recently, the MHM Coalition in Uganda committed to continue promoting the right of girls and... Read more...
“People are developing a taste for healthy living. They want improvement‑compared to us and what we are doing, they want better.” Md Amin Uddin one of the elders in Arua village in Keshabpur upazila, Jessore district, Bangladesh is optimistic about the future. Read more...
On May 5th each year the World Health Organization calls on health workers to wash their hands. Read more...
"The spreading of Ebola and a range of water and sanitation related diseases can be dramatically reduced by strengthening and promoting hygiene behaviours," says IRC's Africa Regional Programme Manager and Hygiene and Sanitation specialist Alana Potter. Read more...