World Toilet Day should really be World Sanitation Systems Day! Read more...
A workshop delivers prototypes of more affordable sanitation products that meet the needs of lower income households in Lowland Ethiopia. Read more...
Some key changes in the enabling environment could lead to significant growth in the sanitation market. Read more...
Home improvement campaigns for sanitation and hygiene assessed in 49 villages in Mugusu and Kasenda sub-counties in Uganda. Read more...
The African Sanitation Policy Guidelines will be of great value to Ethiopia as the country currently does not have an official policy. Read more...
Turning World Toilet Day into World Sanitation Systems Day Read more...
What would happen if we outlawed and started to punish open air defecation in Burkina Faso? Read more...
Allen is not just all talk. As Water For People's CEO she puts her words into action. Read more...
The challenge of making India open defecation free through WASH Dialogues Read more...
New steps to make Swachh Bharat, or Clean India Campaign, a reality Read more...
IRC is among 37 NGOs calling on UN Member States to take concrete steps to fully realise the rights to water and sanitation. Read more...
A growing number of companies promise safe water, sanitation and hygiene for all their employees. Read more...
For Ugandan prisons, investing in WASH means investing in hygiene behaviour change. Read more...
Eliminating open defecation is not good enough. Real health gains require a bigger step up the sanitation ladder. Read more...
THE HAGUE - Today is World Toilet Day. On this day, the United Nations along with governments and organisations worldwide ask attention for sanitation and for the 2.5 billion people that still lack access. And on this day, the international think-and-do tank IRC presents its ideas how to '... Read more...
In this blog, IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty reflects on Bill Gates's meeting with the Dutch parliamentarians and development organisations to discuss development cooperation in The Hague. Read more...
In a statement issued on 27 June 2012, the UK Government officially recognises sanitation as a human right under international law. However, in their interpretation of this right, the government excludes “the collection and transport of human waste”. It also does not accept, in their entirety,... Read more...