Postnatal mothers were generally positive about healthcare quality including WASH amenities after outbreak of COVID-19 but they had significant... Read more...
Video highlights the WASH in healthcare initiatives implemented in Kabarole District, Uganda in response to COVID-19, but built to last beyond the pandemic Read more...
Health workers including doctors, nurses, patient care givers and cleaners are exposed to hospital acquired infections. Due to the nature of their job, cleaners face the highest risk yet are least equipped with protective materials and knowledge on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in health... Read more...
IRC Uganda leads interventions to advance urgent improvements to the state of healthcare facilities in Uganda Read more...
Despite the high level of exposure to the COVID-19 virus among HCWs in the treatment centers, only 14.0% were at high risk of COVID-19 virus... Read more...
New project on supporting WASH in healthcare facilities in the fight against COVID-19. Read more...
Fort Portal, Kabarole, UGANDA. 11 November 2020 - IRC Uganda today launches a new project with Kabarole District Local Government to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 through strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in healthcare facilities. Read more...
An appeal for more funding for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities in Uganda. Read more...
A rapid study on the challenges facing sanitation workers in Indian cities and towns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Health centres, schools, public places and the population of Banfora in Burkina Faso have received health equipment and products in the fight against COVID-19 from IRC, ECG and CRS. Read more...
Les centres de santé, les écoles, les lieux publics et la population de Banfora ont reçu du matériel et des produits sanitaires dans la lutte contre la maladie à coronavirus de l’IRC, ECG et CRS. Read more...
Key learnings for budget and financing arrangements for WASH in two Indian states (Bihar and Odisha), with emphasis on hygiene in the wake of the... Read more...
In Kabarole District IRC's support is driven by strengthening WASH in healthcare facilities. Read more...
WHO guidance on water, sanitation and health-care waste relevant to viruses, including coronaviruses, for water and sanitation practitioners and... Read more...
Who'd have guessed the biggest news item so far in 2020 would involve being told how to wash your hands? Yet it has been – at least for those of us who can, who have access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and can afford or find such luxuries as hand sanitiser or soap. Read more...