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.
This study showcases a way for practitioners to better understand the complexities inherent in rural water development using expert opinion and... Read more...
Neither rural sustainability checks, nor urban benchmarking frameworks, are entirely suitable for monitoring small town water services. Read more...
Drivers of sustainability in rural water services are increased robustness and reliability of water technology and the associated impact this has on... Read more...
Domestic unavailability of water supply in South Africa often leads to improper use of supplied or other unsafe sources of water. 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...
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...
Organic group parameters, adsorbable (AOX) and purgeable (POX) organic halogen, total (TOC) and non purgeable (NPOC) organic carbon were studied in... Read more...