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Reframing the challenges and opportunities for improved sanitation services in Eastern Africa...

2020
Successful sanitation approaches were...

Everyone Forever : Water For People’s WASH system-strengthening model

2020
A comprehensive document detailing Water For...
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[Virtual Event] MIT Water Summit: A World of Water - Reimagining Resilience, 11-13 November 2020

Water Summit 2020 - A World of Water: Reimagining Resilience. Wednesday, November 11, to Friday,...
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NDPC to deepen use of documented lessons

As part of the dissemination strategy of the NDPC Good Practice for WASH booklet a video has been...
WASH systems academy

Self-registration now available for the WASH Systems Academy

You can start with the WASH Systems Academy anytime, anywhere.
Dr Kodjo Mensah-Abrampa, director general of the NDPC Ghana

Ghana: NDPC launches Good Practice for WASH with call to action

Good Practice for WASH booklet to become a reference point for municipal, metropolitan and district...
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-...
People fetching water at a tanker in Afar, Ethiopia

Strong WASH systems are climate resilient systems

The same capacities that help us adapt to COVID-19 can be used to face climate change.
World Water Week at Home 2020

World Water Week At Home, 24-28 Aug 2020

Join IRC and partners sessions for WWWeek At Home This year, Stockholm World Water Week will focus...
La Vies des Noires Compte / Black Lives Matter, Gay Village, Monteal

Decolonising the WASH sector

Being true to #BlackLivesMatter. Report of an IRC Global Talk.

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Reframing the challenges and opportunities for improved sanitation services in Eastern Africa through sustainability science

Successful sanitation approaches were characterized by their adaptation to the local context, community participation, built-in mechanisms that...
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[Virtual Event] MIT Water Summit: A World of Water - Reimagining Resilience, 11-13 November 2020

Published on: 02/11/2020
Water Summit 2020 - A World of Water: Reimagining Resilience. Wednesday, November 11, to Friday, November 13, 2020

Cover of Good practice for WASH booklet

NDPC to deepen use of documented lessons

Published on: 28/09/2020
As part of the dissemination strategy of the NDPC Good Practice for WASH booklet a video has been produced which highlights the documentation process, launch and post event media interactions.

WASH systems academy

Self-registration now available for the WASH Systems Academy

Published on: 04/09/2020
You can start with the WASH Systems Academy anytime, anywhere.

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

Ghana: NDPC launches Good Practice for WASH with call to action

Published on: 24/08/2020
Good Practice for WASH booklet to become a reference point for municipal, metropolitan and district chief executives in Ghana.

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.

People fetching water at a tanker in Afar, Ethiopia

Strong WASH systems are climate resilient systems

Published on: 12/08/2020
The same capacities that help us adapt to COVID-19 can be used to face climate change.

World Water Week at Home 2020

World Water Week At Home, 24-28 Aug 2020

Published on: 03/08/2020
Join IRC and partners sessions for WWWeek At Home This year, Stockholm World Water Week will focus on the theme of water solutions to accelerate action on climate change. sessions are IRC (co-)convened sessions.

La Vies des Noires Compte / Black Lives Matter, Gay Village, Monteal

Decolonising the WASH sector

Published on: 22/07/2020
Being true to #BlackLivesMatter. Report of an IRC Global Talk.

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) instructions for chlorine disinfection in Kabarole, Uganda. Photo M. Watsisi/IRC Uganda

What legacy of COVID-19 do we want for the WASH sector?

Published on: 24/06/2020
Our strategic systems responses to the pandemic and climate change.

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Funding WASH Systems during COVID-19

Published on: 05/06/2020
The impact of COVID-19 has been unprecedented on all areas of peoples lives globally, on a scale barely imagined only a few months ago. From the ever growing infection rates and death toll as the virus travelled around the world, to the light it shined on the huge disparities of impact on different...

WASH systems academy

WASH Systems Academy launches its first customised course

Published on: 29/04/2020
As of 24 April 2020, Viva con Agua volunteers begin using the first customised lessons of the 'WASH systems strengthening: the basics', an introductory course by the WASH Systems Academy.

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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.

Burkina Faso : a water sanitation and hygiene information sheet

The status of WASH at national and municipal levels and how IRC and a coalition of partners are working together with Government to inspire and...
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Faecal sludge management in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Citywide inclusive sanitation: applying systems thinking

Published on: 18/03/2020
Two major development players simultaneously publish papers supporting a more 'systems' based approach.

WASH system building block assessment tool

An Excel tool to assess the strengths and weaknesses of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services: both in general and for a specific service...
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Strengthening water, sanitation, and hygiene systems : concepts, examples, and experiences

This paper presents the journeys that Agenda for Change members have gone through in progressively embracing systems strengthening approaches in...
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These Funders Are Betting on a Systems Approach

These funders are betting on a systems approach

Published on: 17/09/2019
Water and sanitation comprise an increasingly important focus for global health and development philanthropy, but the approach has often been piecemeal, resulting in broken pipes and pumps, disillusioned donors, and suffering beneficiaries.

Planning differently : developing long-term, strategic plans for district-wide water, sanitation and hygiene services

Long-term strategic planning at the district level helps to identify improved service delivery models, system strengthening activities, financing...
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Why is finance the unavoidable building block? - podcast

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Specialist course: Building blocks of sustainable WASH systems

Published on: 04/03/2019
What are the building blocks of sustainable services?

The Agenda for Change : moving from principles to action : building blocks for sustainable services

This presentation introduces the building blocks concept and how it is used to illustrate the key actors and factors that must be targeted and...
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A systems approach to capacity building : lessons from Sanitation Capacity Building Platform (SCBP), India

This paper addresses capacity building challenges for urban sanitation in India, with specific focus on Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM).
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Stockholm interacts with the building blocks

Stockholm interacts with the WASH building blocks

Published on: 31/10/2018
World Water Week participants engage with elements of the WASH system.

WASH systems building blocks

Building blocks for strong and healthy WASH systems

Published on: 17/09/2018
IRC working paper describes what's needed to improve and strengthen service delivery.

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