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Global Handwashing Day 2021

Published on: 12/10/2021

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. [Webinar] Global Handwashing Day - Launch of The State of the World's...

Strategic partnership in Kabarole for health promotion campaigns

Published on: 11/10/2021

IRC Uganda, Caritas Fort Portal HEWASA and the Tooro Kingdom are working together in the fight against COVDI-19 in Kabarole District.

Tenkodogo: Teachers trained in hand hygiene practices

Published on: 07/10/2021

100 primary school teachers from 18 different schools in Tenkodogo are now trained in hand washing techniques. This is thanks to a training organised by IRC with the support of the American Foundation Latter-day Saints Charity (LDSC), on Thursday, September 23, 2021, as part of the Clean Hands,...

100 Enseignants formés aux pratiques de l’hygiène des mains

Published on: 07/10/2021

100 enseignants du primaire, issus de 18 différentes écoles de la commune de Tenkodogo, sont désormais aguerris en techniques pédagogiques de lavage des mains. Ceci, grâce à une formation organisée par IRC avec le soutien de la Fondation Américaine LDSC (Latter-day Saints Charity), le jeudi 23...

Convergent actions for improved WASH and nutrition : synthesis document

While there are linkages between the preventive and curative aspects of health and WASH there are constraints which prevent them from working...

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Convergent actions for improved WASH and nutrition : synthesis document

Join IRC and partners at UNC 2021 online

Published on: 29/09/2021

Bringing together research with policy, practice, and networking events.

What do we actually know about mental health and handwashing?

Published on: 15/09/2021

Findings from a scoping literature review on handwashing and mental health in humanitarian crises.

Highlights from our focus countries in 2020: Uganda

Published on: 30/08/2021

What impact did we have in our focus countries in 2020? Sharing highlights from IRC's Annual Report.

Central Plateau region hosts Clean Hands, Good Health campaign

Published on: 24/08/2021

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.

Le Plateau Central accueille la campagne Mains Propres-Bonne Santé

Published on: 24/08/2021

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.

Scaling-up sanitation and hygiene in Kabarole : a monitoring report of the home improvement campaigns in Mugusu and Kasenda Sub-counties, June-July 2021

In February and March 2021, home improvement campaigns were conducted in 49 villages of Mugusu and Kasenda sub-counties, and a monitoring exercise...

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Scaling-up Sanitation and Hygiene in Kabarole

Striving to implement robust market-based sanitation in Ethiopia

Published on: 21/06/2021

Ethiopia's Ministry of Health has, together with partners, developed a national market-based sanitation training manual to properly implement the guideline on the same topic.

New menstrual health definition to boost action

Published on: 25/05/2021

A collaboration of experts has drawn up a new definition on menstrual health to advance advocacy and coherent action.

Moving beyond the artificial divide

Published on: 11/05/2021

How we can bring WASH and health back together

International Nurses Day

Published on: 10/05/2021

International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) commemorates this important day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) resources and...

Twelfth meeting of the [UNECE-WHO/Europe] Working Group on Water and Health, 14-15 April 2021

Published on: 06/04/2021

The Working Group on Water and Health will on 14- 15 April review the implementation of the protocol programme of work for the period 2020–2022, specifically considering the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the current and future programmes of work. The meeting will also discuss how to...

Healthcare workers exposure risk assessment : a survey among frontline workers in designated COVID-19 treatment centers in Ghana

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...

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Healthcare workers exposure risk assessment : a survey among frontline workers in designated COVID-19 treatment centers in Ghana

IRC launches new partnership with Kabarole District

Published on: 11/11/2020

New project on supporting WASH in healthcare facilities in the fight against COVID-19.

Kabarole District Chairperson Hon. Richard Rwabuhinga (in yellow shirt) with the district team and IRC WASH partners

IRC launches new partnership with Kabarole District to mitigate COVID-19 through WASH in healthcare facilities

Published on: 11/11/2020

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.

Investing in healthcare facilities saves lives: a video from Uganda

Published on: 04/11/2020

An appeal for more funding for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities in Uganda.

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.

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.

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

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.

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Global Handwashing Day 2021

Strategic partnership in Kabarole for health promotion campaigns

Tenkodogo: Teachers trained in hand hygiene practices

100 Enseignants formés aux pratiques de l’hygiène des mains

Convergent actions for improved WASH and nutrition : synthesis document

Join IRC and partners at UNC 2021 online

What do we actually know about mental health and handwashing?

Highlights from our focus countries in 2020: Uganda

Central Plateau region hosts Clean Hands, Good Health campaign

Le Plateau Central accueille la campagne Mains Propres-Bonne Santé

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