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Smarter emergency measures against COVID-19 needed to ensure lasting solutions in service provision. Read more...
IRC and WASH specialists are working hard to ensure that the rural population is not abandoned in this time of crisis. Read more...
In Asutifi North district in Ghana, the District Assembly is making a bold attempt to achieve district-wide full coverage by 2030. Read more...
Asset inventory is essential in Ethiopia to develop more realistic planning to increase functionality as well as coverage. Read more...
Quality WASH training is only given to state level officials while training at lower levels is sub-standard and sparse. Read more...
New book tells how partnerships, district planning and learning alliances achieve impact at community level in Ghana. Read more...
The first minister to hold a comprehensive policy brief for sanitation and water resources in Ghana has promised sector wide consultation on how to achieve country targets. Read more...
There is a need to change behaviors in order to reach universal access to water and sanitation services that last. This was the outcome of a session co-convened by Sanitation and Water for All partnership, IRC, WSP, WaterAid and USAid at the September 2015 Stockholm World Water Week. Read more...
The Conference Financing for Development (13 – 16 July 2015) will make a strong call on the importance of increased domestic public finance towards funding the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more...
The Sanitation and Water for All Steering Committee gathered in Geneva on 17 and 18 June to take important decisions on the future direction of the partnership. A new partnership strategy was adopted which is geared towards guiding the actions of the partners in pursuit of a shared vision of... 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...
The growth of inequality is a major threat to prosperity and stability. Government leadership and government investment is needed to provide water and sanitation services to the poor. Read more...
Promising commitments, shallow discussions but a great depth of optimism for the sector during last week's Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting (HLM) in Washington DC. Read more...
Clearly, the High Level Meeting (HLM) is a massive global undertaking. As an IRC colleague phrased it, the HLM is the “cherry on the cake” that is preceded by a long preparatory process. Whether the HLM delivers the results that justify the gigantic efforts and costs associated with it is to my... Read more...
It's about national governments leading development processes, coordinating all interventions and directing funding to where it is most effective and needed. Read more...
3rd Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting (HLM) to be held Friday 11 April 2014. Read more...
Paul Nyeko Ogiramoi explains how water supply and sanitation boards at local sub-county level can make community management work.
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Robert Otim, former Triple-S district learning facilitator in Uganda, discusses the capacity gap in addressing sustainable water services
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In Uganda 10 million people lack access to safe water. The Commissioner for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation says devolving water services closer to people and taking steps to improve functionality will achieve better services. Interview and recording by Peter McIntyre, Kabarole District, May 2013.
Read more...Aid must be used to help local institutions not just develop infrastructure but also operate and maintain water and sanitation services well into the future. Read more...