guest blog :: IRC

Uganda’s COVID-19 water sector response

Published on: 09/07/2020

An NGO and local governments grapple with the long-term implications of meeting emergency water supply needs during COVID-19.

Small business and WASH in the age of coronavirus

Published on: 16/06/2020

Since the coronavirus began spreading throughout the world, few things have been unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our activities to develop markets for WASH products and services are no exception.

Treating medical waste during COVID-19 in the Global South

Published on: 15/06/2020

Is hazardous medical waste sufficiently managed?

Can right-sized digital solutions help the vulnerable?

Published on: 18/05/2020

Water supply for all: How can digital solutions help increase access for vulnerable populations? Lessons from Tanzania and Ethiopia.

Keep focus on menstrual hygiene management also during COVID-19

Published on: 08/04/2020

Continue with menstrual hygiene management (MHM) activities during COVID-19 as so much still needs to be done especially for the vulnerable.

‘She Makes Change’ if you believe in her

Published on: 10/03/2020

My story of empowerment starts from a toilet, or to be precise the lack of it.

“Government, please pay your water bills!”

Published on: 20/01/2020

How to hold governments accountable for timely bill payments to water utilities.

Community management: policy failure or lost in translation?

Published on: 14/01/2020

Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank Is community management of water supply still feasible in Tanzania?

What are collective action approaches anyway?

Published on: 07/01/2020

"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," Henry Ford famously said.

Turning waste into wealth in Tanzania

Published on: 19/02/2019

Converting solid and liquid waste management into successful sanitation businesses in Dar es Salaam.

Driving change in the WASH sector through reflection and learning

Published on: 23/01/2019

A WaterAid thematic review.

Three for the price of two, 30% off, special offer

Published on: 23/01/2019

The importance of capital efficiency.

Selecting management models for piped water supply schemes

Published on: 22/01/2019

WaterAid publishes new resource guide.

Partnership to advance resiliency in the Ethiopian lowlands

Published on: 05/12/2018

USAID programmes collaborate to improve rural water supplies for pastoralist communities in drought-prone regions.

Financing the sector in challenging countries

Published on: 28/09/2018

Fixing the leaks to attract commercial investment for sustainable urban water services in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.

When does money get results?

Published on: 27/08/2018

This blog looks at the experience of using 'Payment-by-Results' in Tanzania's water sector, and how adaptive programming is key to bridging the gap.

Sanitation and health: what do we want to know?

Published on: 01/08/2018

Experts meet to discuss reaching a consensus on what the evidence tells us.

Taps and toilets aren't enough: designing WASH programmes that strengthen the system

Published on: 02/07/2018

WaterAid has developed a set of participatory tools that help identify and overcome system barriers.

Abeba’s passion for change helps her sell sanitation solutions to communities

Published on: 16/06/2018

Half of the sales agents in the USAID Transform WASH project in Ethiopia are women.

Household water treatment and storage in Savelugu-Nanton Municipality, Northern Ghana

Published on: 28/05/2018

Does using a household water filter help in improving water quality and reduce incidence of diarrhoea?

Keeping the importance of menstrual hygiene alive!

Published on: 14/05/2018

We have come a long way, but educating schoolgirls and women remains essential.

Why innovations in the WASH sector rarely scale up?

Published on: 23/03/2018

Lessons for government, the private sector, NGOs and donors.

Can India afford to spend less on rural sanitation?

Published on: 21/03/2018

Budget cuts could prevent the country becoming open defecation free by 2019.

Giving data a soul: a case study on use of water point data in Uganda

Published on: 08/03/2018

Behind all water, sanitation and hygiene data is a story. Very, often these stories are hidden behind cold statistics that enable us to count and tick boxes.

How to use Human Centered Design (HCD) to build prototypes for WASH

Published on: 23/02/2018

It's the final day of the design summit, and we're all a bit weary but energized to see the fruits of all this labor. When we started our 10-day journey with MIT, it felt to me like a long time to spend in a workshop. But as the summit progressed, I realized that we could easily spend a month...

Filter by biblio types:

Filter by topic

Filter by location

Filter by type

Filter by project