Regional WASH Officer | IRC Uganda
Mary Ayoreka Concepta is the Regional WASH Officer of IRC Uganda. She is based at IRC’s office in Fort Portal City. Mary Concepta holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health Science from Makerere University - School of Public Health and is completing a Master of Public Health at the University of Manchester.
She has previously worked at Nansana Municipal Council and AMREF Health Africa and has 3 years’ experience in implementing and managing Environmental Health projects including Community Based Research, WASH integrated with communicable disease prevention and control, health and nutrition education and other public health support services.
Filtration through roughing gravity filters at low filtration rates between 0.5 and 2 m/h is able to produce water with low particulate... Read more...
This paper reviews the available information about the efficiency and application of the traditional domestic water purification method employing... Read more...
A mathematical model which simulates the performance characteristics of reciprocating handpumps is presented. The model is based on basic fluid-... Read more...
Costs associated with community management of water supply and sanitation systems need to be defined at an early stage. Read more...
High levels of arsenic in tubewell drinking-water in West Bengal, India, have been linked to arsenical dermatosis and skin cancer. Read more...
This article focuses on human waste disposal practices in many major cities in China and elsewhere in Asia. Read more...
This manual describes the manufacture and use of an improved human-powered pump esp. designed for small-scale irrigation in cases where sandy soils... Read more...
This report examines the degree to which pollution adversely affected human health, putting it in the context of other health determinants such as... Read more...
The development of small-scale water resources is crucial for rural agricultural areas in developing countries which are not reached by irrigation... Read more...
