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No matter how good the infrastructure is, if it isn't hygienically used and operated, people's lives and health will not be improved.

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

Strategic partnership in Kabarole for health promotion campaigns

IRC Uganda, Caritas Fort Portal HEWASA and the Tooro Kingdom are working together in the fight...
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

100 primary school teachers from 18 different schools in Tenkodogo are now trained in hand washing...
Aperçu des enseignants à la formation (Ph. D. Zongo)

100 Enseignants formés aux pratiques de l’hygiène des mains

100 enseignants du primaire, issus de 18 différentes écoles de la commune de Tenkodogo, sont...
Yameogo Abdoul Karim, representing the mayor of the rural commune of Mogtedo (Ph. Production Universal)

Central Plateau region hosts Clean Hands, Good Health campaign

IRC is starting the second phase of the Clean Hands-Good Health campaign in the Central Plateau...
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

La campagne Mains Propres-Bonne Santé portée par l'IRC est entrain de démarrer sa deuxième phase...
Community mapping on sanitation in village in Uganda

Scaling up sanitation and hygiene for all in Kabarole

Home improvement campaigns for sanitation and hygiene assessed in 49 villages in Mugusu and Kasenda...
Kabende, image by Vera van der Grift

Getting water to Kabende subcounty, Uganda

Balancing safe water needs, demands, and rights to water for the people of Kabende sub county,...
Renforcement des systèmes WASH : les bases

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...
School children in Uganda

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...
Madame Sika Kabore

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...
Bangladesh 8th Five Year Plan cover

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...
Schoolgirls washing hands

WASH in schools: learning from winners

A compilation of best practices from Odisha, India.

Blogs, podcasts, opinions and more

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Nurse washing his hands at a health centre in Burkina Faso

What do we actually know about mental health and handwashing?

Findings from a scoping literature review on handwashing and mental health in humanitarian crises.
Dr Amrita Bhakta in Ghana

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.
Femme international

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.
Tingrela HCF

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.
Honduras Hurricane Eta

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...
Handwashing instructions in India

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.
Handwashing device Aga Khan Foundation

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.

Resources

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Convergent actions for improved WASH and nutrition : synthesis document

2021
While there are linkages between the preventive...

Scaling-up sanitation and hygiene in Kabarole : a monitoring report of the home improvement...

2021
In February and March 2021, home improvement...

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

2021
Inspirational stories about how ordinary women in...

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

2020
developing a National Menstrual Hygiene...

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

2020
A guide for implementing WASH in schools...

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

2020
Despite the high level of exposure to the COVID-...

Handwashing with soap: technologies and innovations (webinar)

2020

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

2020
The NDPC selected three districts in Ghana -...

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

2019

[Video] Creating menstrual hygiene management champions

2019
A video capturing an MHM stakeholder breakfast...

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

2019

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

2019
Nearly 10 million Ugandans face multiple...

Comptes nationaux du secteur eau, hygiène et assainissement

2019
Comptes nationaux du secteur eau, hygiène et...

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

2019
The report gives recommendations on what needs to...

Sanitation and hygiene sector trends

2019
Unsafely managed sanitation, especially in rural...

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

2019
This book showcases an approach to expand the...

Videos

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