Elynn Walter joined IRC in February 2016. She is an advocacy professional and holds a master's degree in global public health. Elynn has worked in US and global advocacy providing strategic guidance and training to the WASH and related sectors. She has extensive experience in the WASH and health nexus and contributes to IRC's influencing work in Africa, Asia and Latin America. She has organised and facilitated blended learning courses and workshops on advocacy, systems strengthening, gender, health, education, and environmental conservation. Based in the Washington DC, she led IRC's partnership work in the United States. Elynn was a Community Health Educator in the Peace Corps in Turkmenistan and has worked for the US government as well as the private and non-profit sectors.
Stool disposal practices have been shown to be associated with childhood diarrhoea. However, efforts to promote improved hygiene behaviour are... Read more...
This article outlines the process and results of an education/communication health intervention funded by WHO and carried out in Santa Maria de Jesus... Read more...
Water shortage was a major reason why handwashing was not practised in a highland village in Guatemala. A water-saving device, the plastic 'tippy tap... Read more...
Gender impact assessment is a way to estimate the expected impact of an intervention, such as a development project, on women; and to what extent the... Read more...
The manual is the result of a workshop held in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka where 18 participants from 7 Asian countries worked on region-specific... Read more...
This manual aims to help in detecting water pollution, indicate the type of pollution involved, and determine the source(s) of the pollution. Read more...
Evaluation report of the Swedish-Botswana Co-operation Programme on District Development Support. Decentralization of the government has been an... Read more...
This collection of papers deals with the epidemiology, symptomatology, immunology, long-term effects, effects on fertility and pregnancy, treatment,... Read more...
The article summarizes the findings of an investigation into the health levels of a population of 1285 children under-five which benefited from the... Read more...