The National Hand Washing Secretariat in Uganda recently awarded IRC Uganda a certificate of recognition as one of the key exhibitors during the Global Hand Washing Day celebrations Read more...
For Ugandan prisons, investing in WASH means investing in hygiene behaviour change. Read more...
On May 28, Uganda joined the rest of the world to celebrate International Menstrual Hygiene Day. This publication presents some highlights from different parts of the country. Read more...
NGOs and CBOs are fully involved in service provision for the urban poor but they should be well-embedded in local communities and work together with... Read more...
IRC Uganda is now a leading member of the Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Coalition in Uganda and is helping to develop MHM indicators. Read more...
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) appointed IRC Uganda as its National Coordinator. The two institutions have since developed a three year Strategic Engagement Plan to be implemented between 2015 and 2017. Read more...
It has been generally agreed that the mainstream media are the most effective channel through which to reach wide audiences with key messages. In Uganda, the Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Coalition has worked closely with print and electronic media to promote Menstrual Hygiene Management. Read more...
The AfricaSan4 conference (25-27 May) ended with a declaration defining the vision and aspirations of the African Ministers in charge of hygiene and sanitation. Read more...
Since 2011, there have been efforts to track progress in the implementation of sanitation information and monitoring systems and tools in African countries. There has been some improvement not only in number of countries reporting progress, but also in terms of quality and presentation of data. Read more...
Emerging lessons from the use of building blocks for sustainable un-sewered urban sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more...
What about looking deep into on-going WASH programmes and analysing their strengths and weaknesses? What about designing innovative ways of measuring the effectiveness of these approaches? And what about testing adjustments to their activities to make the interventions even more effective? Read more...
Communities have an important role to play in sustainable services. In this blog, I present personal highlights reflections from the session on Community-Led Approaches to change in Africa at World Water Week in Stockholm. Read more...
This note draws on findings from Uganda and Zambia to provide guidance on dealing with the particular needs of the disabled in community-led total... Read more...
More funding for a local government-led approach introduced in 2008 by SNV and IRC to scale up sanitation from community to district level. Read more...
Last month, Kampala played host to 'The East and Southern Africa Action Exchange on Unclogging the Blockages in Sanitation'. Read more...
A comical Ugandan advert promoting the use of clean toilets called Kayonjos.
Read more...Sanitation professionals look at ways of improving public and private sanitation service delivery. Read more...
Worldwide, traditional toilets are letting people down, with about 2.6 billion people using unsafe ones or defecating in the open. Read more...