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Catherine Kemigabo, district health educator in Kabarole, Uganda

Investing in healthcare facilities saves lives–video from Uganda

This video makes an appeal for more funding for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare...
Schoolgirls washing hands

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.
Main propres Bonne Sante

Clean hands, good health, today and everyday

IRC Burkina Faso seeks to reach 3.6 million people with a critical public health message.
Child washing hand in India

Handwashing with soap: technologies and innovations (webinar)

Join webinar on 12 October to explore opportunities, identify challenges and brainstorm solutions...
Delegates at the table during the handing over of materials against COVID-19 ceremony in Banfora, Burkina Faso

Stop COVID-19: equipment for Banfora district

Health centres, schools, public places and the population of Banfora in Burkina Faso have received...
Kabarole chairman R. Rwabuhinga cuts ribbon to open sanitation facility at Bwanika Health Centre II

Bwanika Health Centre II gets much needed sanitation facility

Thanks to IRC Uganda's cost-saving initiative Bwanika Health Centre II in Kabarole District now has...
Handwashing device handed over in Banfora, Burkina Faso

Stop Covid-19 : du matériel pour la mairie de Banfora

Les centres de santé, les écoles, les lieux publics et la population de Banfora ont reçu du...
Cover photo of SWA briefing note

A SWA briefing note on climate change adaptation and mitigation

Adapting to climate change and fostering a low carbon water and sanitation sector.
Mayor and project manager sign the project agreement in Banfora

Banfora: Health centres in the spotlight

A new project SANIYA SO+ will be implemented in the 17 health centres of the commune of Banfora.
Participants of the SANIYA SO workshop

Banfora : Les centres de santé à l’honneur

Un nouveau projet, "SANIYA SO+", interviendra au niveau des 17 centres de santé de la commune de...
Using a tippy tap in Rwanda

Self-supporting handwashing solutions to fight COVID-19

The Smart Hygiene Solutions booklet has been updated with solutions in times of COVID-19.
District Chief Executive of Asutifi North District provides materials against COVID-19

Ghana: IRC supports COVID-19 response

IRC Ghana, at both the national and district level, is helping partners to raise awareness that...
Asutifi North District Assembly headquarters

Asutifi North District and IRC Ghana together fight COVID-19

The Asutifi North District Assembly in the Ahafo Region in collaboration with IRC Ghana have put...
Checking the water pipes in Tegucigalpa

Regular monitoring of WASH emergency response plan in Honduras

The Roundtable for WASH in Emergencies meets every two weeks to monitor progress of the emergency...

Blogs, podcasts, opinions and more

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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.
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...
Using a simple handwashing device in Bongo, Ghana

Silver linings of the COVID-19 crisis in Ghana

Perspectives of a WASH systems advocate and watcher. Using a simple handwashing device in Bongo, Ghana. Photo: IRC Ghana
Cartoon of disabled person trying to wash hands but tap is too high (source:Mdogo)

How to avoid a 20-year setback in the water and sanitation sector

Smarter emergency measures against COVID-19 needed to ensure lasting solutions in service provision.
Kenyan school girls taking the pledge in past activitiy

Keep focus on menstrual hygiene management also during COVID-19

Continue with menstrual hygiene management (MHM) activities during COVID-19 as so much still needs to be done especially for the vulnerable.
Covid-19 - what's missing

COVID-19–why the gaps in available data are far more terrifying

Who'd have guessed the biggest news item so far in 2020 would involve being told how to wash your hands? Yet it has been – at least for those of us...
Woman next to hand pump in Ethiopia

How to achieve the SDGs: a roadmap for strengthening WASH systems

Reflections on developing a series of position papers which help to chart a path forward in Ethiopia.
Uganda GT women with signs

A deep dive into WASH in health care facilities and schools

This #GivingTuesday we give more information on the global status, what IRC does and could do.
Daniel Karanja at the WSSCC booth during the Sanitation Conference in Kenya

Menstrual health and hygiene at the Kenya Sanitation Conference

Special children's sessions on menstrual hygiene during Sanitation Conference show need for education and information on the topic.
Ladies monitoring sanitation in Indonesian village

Where there is a will, there is a way

On World Toilet Day, I am sharing a positive story to inspire everyone.

Resources

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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...

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

2019
An approach is developed to assess WASH risks in...

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

2019
What can Uganda and other sub-Saharan African...

Hygiene promotion and WASH systems strengthening - podcast

2019

Gender and equity issues in WASH : addressing inequalities in the ONEWASH Plus programme...

2019
Addressing inequalities by improving access to...

Fostering WASH system changes in Haiti using principles from the market systems sector

2019

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