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.
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...
Organic group parameters, adsorbable (AOX) and purgeable (POX) organic halogen, total (TOC) and non purgeable (NPOC) organic carbon were studied in... Read more...
A study was conducted of existing traditional hand-dug wells (n=59) and protected springs (n=21) in a rural area in Kenya during September and... Read more...
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the status of the Dracunculiasis Eradication Programme as of March 1993, when less than three years are... 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...
The use of observation techniques has been promoted for the study of hygiene practices; however, questions still remain about the validity and... Read more...