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.
The effects of improving the water supply on the incidence of diarrhoea in 1096 children from three neighbouring villages of the Kirotshe rural... Read more...
The rapid evaluation method (REM) was developed by WHO in order to assess the performance and quality of health care services, identify operational... Read more...
A total of 144 studies were analysed to assess the impact of improved water supply and sanitation facilities on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis... Read more...
Development practitioners often have relied solely on technology and education imposed from the outside, rather than (a) assessing existing cultural... Read more...
Small communities will often need alternative systems of water supply, sanitation, washing and wastewater disposal facilities. Numerous agencies... Read more...