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IRC Burkina commemorates Global Handwashing Day and World Toilet Day 2021

Published on: 29/11/2021
IRC Burkina celebrated both Global Handwashing Day and World Toilet Day on Friday, November 19, 2021, in Tenkodogo. This public event was organised for the general public and schools.

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Safe Water Strategy e-Learning series #7: Can your doctor wash his/her hands?

Published on: 16/11/2021
Join us for the Safe Water Strategy e-Learning series Can your doctor wash his/her hands? Votre médecin peut-il se laver les mains? Join an engaging virtual bilingual [English and French] event on reaching universal and sustainable WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene) services in health care...

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.

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...

Mr Peter Sunday Rusoke, Minister of Culture, Tooro Kingdom, Kabarole speaks at meeting

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 COVID-19 in Uganda's Kabarole District.

From left to right, Ouattara Mamadou, driver at IRC, Bancé Wahabou, assistant accountant at IRC, Zombra Tingandé Prosper, Direct

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 Latter-day Saints Charity (LDSC), on Thursday, September 23, 2021, as part of the Clean Hands, Good Health campaign.

Aperçu des enseignants à la formation (Ph. D. Zongo)

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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Join IRC and partners at UNC 2021 online

Published on: 29/09/2021
Bringing together research with policy, practice, and networking events.

Nurse washing his hands at a health centre in Burkina Faso

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.

Nursing officer seeing a patient

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.

Yameogo Abdoul Karim, representing the mayor of the rural commune of Mogtedo (Ph. Production Universal)

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.

De g. à dr., Zohoun Nic-Riabelle, chargée de communication et capitalisation à l’IRC, Sanfo Salif, Ambassadeur de bonne volonté

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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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.

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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...

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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...

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

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.

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.

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