Bongo District in Upper East Region, is one of the driest areas of Ghana with a population of just over 103,000 people. More than 30 boreholes had to be taken out of use because of dangerously high levels of fluoride in some underground water, causing damage to the bones and teeth of the people who... Read more...
Wassa East in Western Region is an overwhelmingly rural area with a population of more than 105,000 people. The district was facing a water crisis in 2015. About six out of every ten water facilities were non-functional, and payment systems had largely broken down. The District Assembly launched a... Read more...
Through source security, service provision and waste management, the state of Bihar has used a holistic approach to ensure sustainability of services. Read more...
Nearly 10 million Ugandans face multiple vulnerabilities that account for their marginalisation and exclusion from WASH services. Read more...
An approach is developed to assess WASH risks in marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches. Read more...
Watershed report with recommendations on social inclusion for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs' WASH strategy 2016-2030. Read more...
A call for commitment, transformative thinking, engagement, integration and disaggregated data production. Read more...
The first comprehensive global assessment of WASH in schools establishes a baseline for the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) period. Read more...
IRC innove avec la planification stratégique communale AEPA dans une démarche de recherche action. Read more...
While a high proportion of people In Ethiopian have access to improved water and sanitation services, only a small minority receive services that... Read more...
This paper presents findings on water and sanitation service levels from 16 small and medium towns in four regions of Ethiopia. Read more...
20 February 2017 you can listen to the very first episode of IRC's podcast WASH Talk. Read more...
Top-down efforts are ineffective for connecting low-income urban populations to centralised water, sanitation or electricity services. Bottom up,... Read more...
Cholera flared up in Haiti after hurricane Matthew. A humanitarian crisis can trigger the outbreak of waterborne diseases. Read more...
An information guide to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in schools, health care facilities, the workplace, orphanages, prisons, refugee... Read more...
IRC has compiled a growing repository of tools and guidance for strengthening WASH service delivery. Read more...
Several IRC sessions and the launch of Watershed – empowering citizens. Read more...
Roel Blesgraaf looks back on day 2 of the Africa Water Week. Read more...
Ms. Nameerah Khan, Coordinator of Knowledge Management of the BRAC Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programme met with Dutch organisations active in Bangladesh. Read more...
This factsheet presents a summary of the key findings relating to sustainability challenges in town water supply, rural water supply, urban and rural... Read more...