October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives.
Menstrual Hygiene Day will help to break the silence and build awareness about the fundamental role that good menstrual hygiene management (MHM) plays in enabling women and girls to reach their full potential. Take IRC's Menstrual Hygiene Day Quiz and listen to our WASH Talk podcast on menstrual...
A hygiene effectiveness study to assess whether the hygiene interventions in Bhutan are successful in encouraging safe hygiene practices and how much...
Global Handwashing Day is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Celebrated annually on October 15, Global Handwashing Day was...
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.
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
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...
“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.
In Bangladesh is de grootste NGO van de wereld, BRAC, hard op weg om goede sanitaire voorzieningen te krijgen voor iedereen. IRC werkt met hen samen in één van de grootste sanitaire programma's ter wereld. In dit interview vertelt IRC sanitatie expert Ingeborg Krukkert haar verhaal over haar werk...
In Bangladesh, the largest NGO in the world BRAC is working its way up to help the country to get proper sanitation. It has reached more than half of the population since the start nine years ago. It is one of the world's largest sanitation implementation programmes. IRC works with BRAC to make it...
