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Renforcement des systèmes WASH : les bases

Pourquoi avons-nous besoin de renforcer les systèmes WASH ?

India - Assam, Activist Mayuri Bhattacharjee. Credit: Rudrani Ghosh

Sanitary napkins declared an essential flood relief item in Assam

Landmark decision the result of a two-year-long digital campaign by 2019 Ton Schouten Award winner...

The situation around menstrual hygiene and health in Uganda

Government of Uganda has since 2014 intensified and set the discourse for Menstrual Hygiene...

PPE distribution featuring LC5 Chair, Hon. Richard Rwabuhinga

Safeguarding public health where it matters most

IRC Uganda leads interventions to advance urgent improvements to the state of healthcare facilities...

By 2025 we should be at zero

The First Lady of Burkina Faso urges the number of health care facilities in sub-Sahara Africa...

Mains propres bonne sante campaign billboard in Ouagadougou

Clean hands campaign reaches 2.8 million people in Burkina Faso

IRC Burkina Faso had an ambitious target: to reach 3.6 million people with an important public...

WASH well positioned in Bangladesh's new Five Year Plan

Water resources management, equitable access and hygiene receive due attention.

A discussion on the covid response planning process

A new effort in responding to COVID-19 in Negelle Arsi and Shashamane

IRC WASH Ethiopia is supporting Shashamane and Negelle Arsi woredas on knowledge management around...

WASH in schools: learning from winners

A compilation of best practices from Odisha, India.

Wale Belayneh, Public Relations Director at the Amhara Region Health Bureau

Kicking off Ethiopia's hand washing campaign

On Global Hand Washing Day, Ethiopia kicked off a one-month hand washing campaign.

Catherine Kemigabo, district health educator in Kabarole, Uganda

Investing in healthcare facilities saves lives: a video from Uganda

An appeal for more funding for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities in...

Good sanitation practices in Bongo District, Ghana

Video on the improvements taking place around sanitation and hygiene in Bongo District, Ghana.

Handwashing during Global Handwashing Day in Ouagadougou

Global Handwashing Day in Burkina Faso

IRC Burkina urges people to wash their hands with soap regularly.

IRC Burkina country director Juste Nansi being interviewed during Global Handwashing Day

Journée mondiale du lavage des mains au Burkina Faso

L'IRC exhorte la population burkinabè à se laver régulièrement les mains avec du savon.

Clean hands, good health, today and everyday

IRC Burkina Faso seeks to reach 3.6 million people with a critical public health message.

Handwashing with soap: technologies and innovations (webinar)

Join webinar on 12 October to explore opportunities, identify challenges and brainstorm solutions...

Blogs, podcasts, opinions and more

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Let’s go back to the people for good hygiene

Managing leaks of blood and beyond.

A trainer demonstrating the process of producing liquid soap in laboratory setting

A market-based approach to curb the COVID-19 pandemic

Lessons from the WASH First COVID-19 Response Project equipping youths with marketable skills in Negelle Arsi and Shashamane districts.

Reflections on moving menstruation from hygiene to health

Menstrual Hygiene Day, my bloody favourite day of the year.

Notes from the Global Coalition on MHM in 2019, notes by visualsensemaking.eu

New menstrual health definition to boost action

A collaboration of experts has drawn up a new definition on menstrual health to advance advocacy and coherent action.

Hygiene promotion should be a long-term effort

"I am calling on WASH and health professionals to change the way we address hygiene promotion", says Juste Nansi, Country Director IRC Burkina Faso.

Woba Ari district discussing on the final master plan

Insights and inputs from WASH stakeholders to district WASH master plans

Different stakeholder groups from four districts gave inputs to the District WASH master plan to attain SDG 6 by 2030.

Demonstration of no-touch handwashing device in the contest that took place in Ethiopia

Innovating for no-touch handwashing: Ethiopian industrial designers reach for scale

A design competition initiative of USAID Transform WASH

Young girls listening to teacher talking about menstrual hygiene in Kenya

Review policy and funding to support post-COVID teenage mothers

The deep divide between governmental health policies on menstrual hygiene and the reality on the ground during the pandemic.

10 years of progress washed away

In the wake of Hurricane Eta, IRC and Water For People support government appeal and call for immediate action to restore a decade's worth of water...

What’s at stake? WASH in times of COVID-19 in India

Guest blogger Srilekha Chakraborty , 2020 winner of the Ton Schouten Award, shares stories from the ground on the pandemic in India.

COVID-19 WASH response in two Indian states

The Aga Khan Foundation is organising WASH interventions in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in response to the pandemic.

USAID Transform WASH is supporting local manufacturing and distribution of hand washing stations

Small business and WASH in the age of coronavirus

Since the coronavirus began spreading throughout the world, few things have been unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our activities to develop...

Waste disposal at healthcare facility in Kabarole, Uganda

Treating medical waste during COVID-19 in the Global South

Is hazardous medical waste sufficiently managed?

Isaac Adita, principal enrolled nurse at healthcare facility in Foe

Five-star toilets help health centre set new standards of hygiene

Some of the cleanest and smartest toilets in the whole Bongo district are found at Foe Community Health and Planning Services (CHPS). This community...

Janet Wilson collecting water close to her house in Agravi, Ghana

Asutifi North: Collaboration makes water flow

Examples of how Asutifi North has become a beacon of hope for water services in Ghana.

Girls from Kenyasi No2 Model Basic School washing hands

Kenyasi students demonstrate how clean water can save lives

Young people at two schools in Kenyasi No 2 in the Asutifi North District of Ghana have been showing their fellow citizens how to stay safe from...

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Hygiene

WASH news and events

Renforcement des systèmes WASH : les bases

Sanitary napkins declared an essential flood relief item in Assam

The situation around menstrual hygiene and health in Uganda

Safeguarding public health where it matters most

By 2025 we should be at zero

Clean hands campaign reaches 2.8 million people in Burkina Faso

WASH well positioned in Bangladesh's new Five Year Plan

A new effort in responding to COVID-19 in Negelle Arsi and Shashamane

WASH in schools: learning from winners

Kicking off Ethiopia's hand washing campaign

Investing in healthcare facilities saves lives: a video from Uganda

Good sanitation practices in Bongo District, Ghana

Global Handwashing Day in Burkina Faso

Journée mondiale du lavage des mains au Burkina Faso

Clean hands, good health, today and everyday

Handwashing with soap: technologies and innovations (webinar)

Blogs, podcasts, opinions and more

Let’s go back to the people for good hygiene

A market-based approach to curb the COVID-19 pandemic

Reflections on moving menstruation from hygiene to health

New menstrual health definition to boost action

Hygiene promotion should be a long-term effort

Insights and inputs from WASH stakeholders to district WASH master plans

Innovating for no-touch handwashing: Ethiopian industrial designers reach for scale

Review policy and funding to support post-COVID teenage mothers

10 years of progress washed away

What’s at stake? WASH in times of COVID-19 in India

COVID-19 WASH response in two Indian states

Small business and WASH in the age of coronavirus

Treating medical waste during COVID-19 in the Global South

Five-star toilets help health centre set new standards of hygiene

Asutifi North: Collaboration makes water flow

Kenyasi students demonstrate how clean water can save lives

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Celebrating women’s leadership in WASH during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Situation analysis study on menstrual health and hygiene management (MHM) in Uganda

Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools : a journey towards Swachh Odisha

Healthcare workers exposure risk assessment : a survey among frontline workers in designated...

Handwashing with soap: technologies and innovations (webinar)

Good practice for WASH in Ghana : meeting the targets for water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030

Case Study: Strengthening the One WASH National Program for effective WASH implementation, Aleta...

[Video] Creating menstrual hygiene management champions

Menstrual hygiene day 2019 : Achievements and challenges in Uganda since 2014

Leaving no one behind : identifying and addressing barriers to WASH service delivery in Uganda

Comptes nationaux du secteur eau, hygiène et assainissement

Evaluation of water, sanitation, hygiene and environmental conditions in 40 healthcare facilities...

Sanitation and hygiene sector trends

Replication guideline to SEHATI programme approach (Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for...

A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations...

MHM learning visit to Kenya, 23-25 April 2019 : highlights

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Colloque Assainissement et Hygiène - IRC & UNICEF Burkina 2018

Getting to 100% universal access in Bhutan

From door to door

WASH goes to school

Save Lives, Clean your Hands

Cost-effectiveness of hygiene promotion

WASHCost Mozambique

International Women's Day in Asia: a celebratory video