About this episode

Marieke Adank discusses the role of governments in transitioning to safely managed water and sanitation services.

Listen to Marieke Adank in this WASHSystemsAcademy podcast, in which she talks about the crucial role governments play and the steps they can take to accelerate a transition from basic to safely managed water and sanitation services. This podcast is part of the new WASHSystemsAcademy module Pathways to safely managed water and sanitation services. Access the course here: https://washsystemsacademy.org/mod/page/view.php?id=20979 Or dive deeper and read "Systems Interventions for the Transition to Basic and Safely Managed Water and Sanitation Services": https://www.ircwash.org/resources/systems-interventions-transition-basic-safely-managed-water-and-sanitation-services

People in this episode

Guest: Marieke Adank

Topics covered

• water services
• sanitation
• government role
• WASH systems
• service transition

Keywords

• water
• sanitation
• government
• WASH
• services
• transition
• academy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WASHSystemsAcademy, IRC WASH

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