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.
In this podcast the three speakers talk about their specific experiences in handwashing, menstrual hygiene, food hygiene and behaviour change. Read more...
Menstrual cups (MCs) are acceptable among schoolgirls in rural Uganda and can be an acceptable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly menstrual... Read more...
Behaviour change is not sufficient in itself to improve health and livelihoods, nor is construction, improving accountability, training, capacity... Read more...
Interventions that ensure women have access to private facilities with water for Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and that educate women about... Read more...
This paper briefly describes the state of the evidence on menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in schools, the remaining knowledge gaps, and potential... Read more...
How can water, sanitation and hygiene actors better address the needs of vulnerable people suffering from urine and/or faecal incontinence in low and... Read more...
This study presents the first adaptation of the life-cycle costs approach to school WASH interventions. It is based on a survey of the sanitation and... Read more...