"I am calling on WASH and health professionals to change the way we address hygiene promotion", says Juste Nansi, Country Director IRC Burkina Faso. Read more...
Hygiene is both the first and the last defence against diseases due to climate change. Read more...
During menstruation every woman wants to cuddle up in a warm blanket. However, women in certain rural areas in Nepal have to sleep in a cowshed during that period of the month. Read more...
Recommendations for national, state and district level government. Read more...
Looking back at the Conrad N. Hilton funded small grants for civil society organisations (CSOs) in Ghana Read more...
La campagne Mains Propres-Bonne Santé portée par l'IRC est entrain de démarrer sa deuxième phase dans la région du Plateau Centrale, avec le soutien de l'UNICEF. Read more...
Home improvement campaigns for sanitation and hygiene assessed in 49 villages in Mugusu and Kasenda sub-counties in Uganda. Read more...
Open defecation was still rife in 2015 in Bongo District. Eight out of ten people were practising open defecation. The District Assembly together with WaterAid Ghana and partners took action to change this. By 2020 the district was showing strong progress thanks to sensitisation and triggering... Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso seeks to reach 3.6 million people with a critical public health message. Read more...
A new project SANIYA SO+ will be implemented in the 17 health centres of the commune of Banfora. Read more...
Un nouveau projet, "SANIYA SO+", interviendra au niveau des 17 centres de santé de la commune de Banfora. Read more...
On World Toilet Day, I am sharing a positive story to inspire everyone. Read more...
In this WASH Talk episode, we talk about hygiene promotion, handwashing and behaviour change, highlighting an experience in Bhutan. Read more...
What is needed to promote behaviour change along the sanitation value chain? Report of a WASH Debate. Read more...
A discussion on ways to use existing systems to improve scale and sustainability of hygiene promotion efforts. Read more...
Raising awareness about the socioeconomic, health and environmental context: a WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
We need to move beyond the easy option of coercion, humiliation and threats to stop open defecation. Read more...
For decades, people in Uganda have been encouraged to wash their hands as a way of preventing the spread of diseases. However, the percentage of the population accessing and using hand washing facilities remains low at only 36%. What are the challenges? Read more...
After a decade of emphasis on accelerating water and sanitation infrastructure development, South Africa circles back to behaviour change. Read more...
The new Sustainable Development Goals will not be reached if we do not tackle urban sanitation. This has a serious impact on the health and dignity for all those living in cities, not just the poor. Read more...