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.
Sixteen female university graduates in Bamako, Mali, have banded together in a group to found a garbage collection system. The work is done by the... Read more...
The move to privatize Argentina's waterworks system was based on a study of approaches to privatization in England and France. Read more...
A brief overview is given of the linkages between rural women's work in providing basic needs for their families in a deteriorating environment, and... Read more...
In February 1992, an epidemic of cholera began in Argentina. The first known cases appeared in a quasi-nomadic aborigine population living by the... Read more...
This book aims to provide a state-of-the-art review of practice in the collection of rainwater. 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...
The performance of a small-scale water disinfection system which was installed in a hospital in Mexico City in August 1989 was evaluated. Read more...
This paper describes how optimum coagulation conditions can be identified for both coloured waters and turbid suspensions in terms of floc properties... Read more...