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Health, safety and social security challenges of sanitation workers during the COVID-19 pandemic...

2020
A rapid study on the challenges facing sanitation...
Delegates at the table during the handing over of materials against COVID-19 ceremony in Banfora, Burkina Faso

Stop COVID-19: equipment for Banfora district

Health centres, schools, public places and the population of Banfora in Burkina Faso have received...
Handwashing device handed over in Banfora, Burkina Faso

Stop Covid-19 : du matériel pour la mairie de Banfora

Les centres de santé, les écoles, les lieux publics et la population de Banfora ont reçu du...
Female sanitation workers in India (photo R. Shiva)

Health and safety of sanitation workers during the pandemic

On 30 June 2020, WaterAid India and the Urban Management Centre held a webinar on the health, safety and livelihood challenges sanitation workers...

Webinar report on health and safety challenges for sanitation workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020

Changes in the civic space for water, sanitation and sexual health rights in Kajiado County, Kenya

2020
Key finding of this briefing note: Overall,...
Handwashing device Aga Khan Foundation

COVID-19 WASH response in two Indian states

The Aga Khan Foundation is organising WASH interventions in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in response to the pandemic.
A camel and cattle on the banks of water body, Somali region, Ethiopia

Systems thinking for WASH in chronic crises: lessons from Ethiopia

Sharing lessons learnt from Somali region around systems thinking in WASH and collaboration between organisations in the humanitarian-development-...
Mayor and project manager sign the project agreement in Banfora

Banfora: Health centres in the spotlight

A new project SANIYA SO+ will be implemented in the 17 health centres of the commune of Banfora.
Participants of the SANIYA SO workshop

Banfora : Les centres de santé à l’honneur

Un nouveau projet, "SANIYA SO+", interviendra au niveau des 17 centres de santé de la commune de...

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Delegates at the table during the handing over of materials against COVID-19 ceremony in Banfora, Burkina Faso

Stop COVID-19: equipment for Banfora district

Published on: 08/10/2020
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.

Handwashing device handed over in Banfora, Burkina Faso

Stop Covid-19 : du matériel pour la mairie de Banfora

Published on: 07/10/2020
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.

Female sanitation workers in India (photo R. Shiva)

Health and safety of sanitation workers during the pandemic

Published on: 22/09/2020
On 30 June 2020, WaterAid India and the Urban Management Centre held a webinar on the health, safety and livelihood challenges sanitation workers face in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Changes in the civic space for water, sanitation and sexual health rights in Kajiado County, Kenya

Key finding of this briefing note: Overall, citizens holding governments to account is dependent on effective civil society and media shaping the...
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Handwashing device Aga Khan Foundation

COVID-19 WASH response in two Indian states

Published on: 03/09/2020
The Aga Khan Foundation is organising WASH interventions in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in response to the pandemic.

A camel and cattle on the banks of water body, Somali region, Ethiopia

Systems thinking for WASH in chronic crises: lessons from Ethiopia

Published on: 24/08/2020
Sharing lessons learnt from Somali region around systems thinking in WASH and collaboration between organisations in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.

Mayor and project manager sign the project agreement in Banfora

Banfora: Health centres in the spotlight

Published on: 21/07/2020
A new project SANIYA SO+ will be implemented in the 17 health centres of the commune of Banfora.

Participants of the SANIYA SO workshop

Banfora : Les centres de santé à l’honneur

Published on: 21/07/2020
Un nouveau projet, "SANIYA SO+", interviendra au niveau des 17 centres de santé de la commune de Banfora.

Testing sewage for early warnings about COVID-19 : thematic discussion synthesis

The challenges of developing an 'Indian' protocol to monitor COVID-19 in sewage.
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Traditional standpost in rural Romania

Don't forget the small ones - webinar 8 July 2020

Published on: 22/06/2020
The costs and financing of small-scale water and sanitation services in the pan-European region.

Waste disposal at healthcare facility in Kabarole, Uganda

Treating medical waste during COVID-19 in the Global South

Published on: 15/06/2020
Is hazardous medical waste sufficiently managed?

Webinar invitation Stakeholder Concerns Testing Sewage for COVID-19

Allaying stakeholder concerns when testing sewage for COVID-19

Published on: 12/06/2020
Report of a webinar organised by the SuSanA India chapter, WaterAid India, IRC and the India Sanitation Coalition.

Isaac Adita, principal enrolled nurse at healthcare facility in Foe

Five-star toilets help health centre set new standards of hygiene

Published on: 11/06/2020
Some of the cleanest and smartest toilets in the whole Bongo district are found at Foe Community Health and Planning Services (CHPS). This community health post serves more than 2,280 people in four communities across an area stretching up to the border with Burkina Faso.

Provision of personal protective equipment

Uganda: IRC supports COVID-19 response

Published on: 04/06/2020
In Kabarole District IRC's support is driven by strengthening WASH in healthcare facilities.

Dr Kodjo Mensah-Abrampa, director general of the NDPC Ghana

Drawing lessons from WASH success stories in Ghana

Published on: 02/06/2020
Effective WASH services are a source of resilience for communities under threat from COVID-19.

Asaloko primary school in Bongo district

Bongo District: Reversing the impact of fluoride

Published on: 02/06/2020
Bongo district was one of the three selected districts where successes and challenges in the provision of water and sanitation services were collected.

Srilekha Chakraborty

Announcing the 2020 Ton Schouten Awardee for WASH Storytelling

Published on: 29/05/2020
Srilekha Chakraborty uses art in her activism for women's health.

Reporting on Radio Anapua

Reporting back on WASH complaints on Radio Anapua

Published on: 29/05/2020
Reporting back on the radio to the public on progress made around water and sanitation in Asutifi North District.

Using a simple handwashing device in Bongo, Ghana

Silver linings of the COVID-19 crisis in Ghana

Published on: 18/05/2020
Perspectives of a WASH systems advocate and watcher. Using a simple handwashing device in Bongo, Ghana. Photo: IRC Ghana

Asutifi North District Assembly headquarters

Asutifi North District and IRC Ghana together fight COVID-19

Published on: 07/05/2020
The Asutifi North District Assembly in the Ahafo Region in collaboration with IRC Ghana have put measures in place for residents to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Webinar : Adapting your advocacy to COVID-19 health crisis

Practical experiences of adaptation from the Watershed empowering citizens country programmes in Kenya and Bangladesh.
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COVID-19 - Social distancing at a handpump in Bangladesh.

How civil society is adapting WASH advocacy to COVID-19

Published on: 30/04/2020
Report of a Watershed empowering citizens webinar on adjusting your advocacy to COVID-19 pandemic.

An assessment of health extension workers and sales agents in creating demand for sanitation products and services

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Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/REX (10614307d)

Poverty kills

Published on: 20/04/2020
Every now and again the rich world has its nose rubbed in the true meaning of poverty. The coronavirus pandemic is but the latest example. We need to make sure it's the last.

Covid-19 - what's missing

COVID-19–why the gaps in available data are far more terrifying

Published on: 05/03/2020
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.

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