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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?

The Town Clerk and council members to the Executive Committee developing a roadmap for Kijura Town Council

Achieving 100% sanitation coverage starts with small steps

Published on: 01/11/2021
The case of Kijura Town Council in Kabarole District, Uganda.

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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The implementation guideline launched during world toilet day celebration (photo by: Tsegaye Yeshiwas)

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.

Catherine Kemigabo, district health educator in Kabarole, Uganda

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Children in Asutufi North, Ghana

We are over-simplifying the global toilet issue

Published on: 13/11/2019
A call for safely managed sanitation.

Sanitation and hygiene sector trends

Unsafely managed sanitation, especially in rural areas, remains a challenge in developing countries as a result of population growth, climate change...
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A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar region of Ethiopia

An approach is developed to assess WASH risks in marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches.
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Afar region

A framework for improving pastoralist WASH interventions

Published on: 27/09/2019
IRC collaborated with partners to develop a new approach to assess WASH risks in marginal populations in Ethiopia.

Full chain sanitation services in small and medium towns

Behaviour change is not sufficient in itself to improve health and livelihoods, nor is construction, improving accountability, training, capacity...
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Two sides of sanitation: rubbish and cleanliness. Cambodia/India

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.

Azadi Teaching Hospital, Iraq

Inclusive WASH away from home in the Kurdish region of Iraq

Published on: 07/04/2017
World Vision promotes and provides adapted water and sanitation facilities for the disabled.

Looking at WASH in non-household settings : WASH away from the home information guide

An information guide to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in schools, health care facilities, the workplace, orphanages, prisons, refugee...
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