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Submit your AfricaSan5 session for subtheme 3 on monitoring by 12 October! Read more...
With many of the seasonal water sources failing due to poor rains, there has been considerable reliance on a limited number of high-yielding water schemes whose ongoing performance is critical to the drought response. Read more...
We need evidence that strong WASH systems provide reliable WASH services. Read more...
Routine monitoring of water points is essential to achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 6.1. Read more...
Government, donors, and implementers must come together and invest in national and sub-national systems. Read more...
At the 40th WEDC Conference last week, it was all about new takes on old ideas. Read more...
Successful Sludge Enterprises in Small Urban Centres in Zimbabwe selected as a poster presentation at WASH FUTURES 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. Read more...
Strengthening monitoring and evaluation systems in the WASH sector in Western and Central Africa. Read more...
Inspiring workshop on the Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2016/7 surveys and network building between Southern African countries. Read more...
The latest institutional developments around Goal 6 for water and sanitation were presented at World Water Week in Stockholm Read more...
IRC helps develop action plan to integrate gender justice in urban water supply. Read more...
El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y el IRC colaboran para conocer el estado del arte sobre los niveles de los servicios de agua y saneamiento en el área rural de América Latina y el Caribe. Read more...
In-house fault-reporting and maintenance systems work better than crowdsourcing models where users are encouraged to report faults. Read more...
Eliminating open defecation is not good enough. Real health gains require a bigger step up the sanitation ladder. Read more...
Over the last 12 months, WaterAid, Itad and IRC have conducted desk-based research to better understand the factors that facilitate and inhibit the success of ICT-based reporting to improve rural water supply sustainability. Read more...
Mark Radin and Alana Potter reflect on the steps to achieving sanitation commitments. Read more...
1st August 2015: The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes hygiene in it's vision statement and as a target. Read more...
Over 37 million people, including the "ultra-poor", have gained access to hygienic household sanitation in Bangladesh. Both donors and the government praise the success of the BRAC WASH programme. Read more...
In many parts of the world it is not done to ask questions about someone’s loo or toilet. It is not discussed among neighbours or friends. Usually that is the case in places where sanitation works perfectly and is not considered anything special. Read more...
Prepare for life-cycle costs and service level data for sharing Read more...