IRC Associate
Freelance writer, journalist, editor, consultant and trainer. Peter researches, writes and edits mainly on water and sanitation, health and development. He is has been acting as consultant to the BRAC WASH project in Bangladesh supporting their communications work and providing training, and was for five years consultant to IRC's WASHCost project. Over the past years, Peter has been supporting the IRC Ghana team in communicating their district based work.
Despite the high level of exposure to the COVID-19 virus among HCWs in the treatment centers, only 14.0% were at high risk of COVID-19 virus... Read more...
A systems approach requires us to know the importance of political buy-in and strong leadership. Read more...
A WASH system is made up of different people and organisations, so it's important that they all work well together. Read more...
Achieving the sustainable development goal for water and sanitation is hard to imagine. The first step is to work out the steps needed to get there. Read more...
Keynote speech by Peter Laugharn at the All systems go! WASH systems symposium 12-14 March 2019 on the importance of changing the way we do business... Read more...
This paper presents IRC Ghana's experience of acting as a 'hub' to support collective action in the Asutifi North District of Ghana. Read more...
Insight into all the necessary costs of achieving the 2030 vision and ensuring sustainable, and at least basic water and sanitation services for all... Read more...
The report identifies the strengths and weaknesses that emerged during the development of the district master plan and provides recommendations to... Read more...
A novel public-public partnership between Uganda's national water utility and local government is part of the increasing trend of rural utilisation. Read more...
Booklet providing a baseline picture in Asutifi North, before embarking on an initiative to give every person in the district access to sustainable... Read more...
A strategic partnership has broken down barriers between those who plan, provide and use services enabling them to 'walk the talk' of coordination... Read more...