Programme Officer
Mélanie is a water and sanitation engineer working in the WASH sector since 2002. She worked 5 years in the private sector in hydraulic design and construction followed by 7 years in the humanitarian and development sector. Mélanie has an extensive field experience as WASH programme manager and coordinator mainly in emergency contexts, and was based and worked in various countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
She joined IRC in 2012 as a Programme Officer and has been involved in various research and monitoring initiatives, mainly in the field of sanitation, hygiene and MUS (Multiple Use of water Services). Mélanie is the facilitator of the online life-cycle costing training and is working with UNCHR to adapt the life-cycle cost approach to emergency contexts.
Languages: English, German, French, Spanish
The effect of control of houseflies on the incidence of diarrhoea and shigellosis was evaluated in a prospective crossover intervention study at two... Read more...
An epidemiological survey carried out in the Dodoma region of Tanzania found that high rates of trachoma infection in pre-school children were... Read more...
This article reviews progress in SANDEC's research project on solar water disinfection (SODIS). While previous research concentrated on batch... Read more...
Since 1993 SANDEC is conducting a field research project on the "Management of Sludges from On-site Sanitation" (SOS). Read more...
A brief overview is given of the linkages between rural women's work in providing basic needs for their families in a deteriorating environment, and... Read more...
The multipurpose use of water in all types of human activities and the intensive development and urbanization of settlements have resulted in a... Read more...
The performance of two ceramic filter candles and one silver-impregnated filter candle with a layer of activated carbon, randomly selected from those... Read more...
Laboratory studies on arsenic removal were carried out to compare coagulation with ferric chloride and adsorption onto preformed hydrous ferric oxide. Read more...