The West African Regional Sanitation and Hygiene symposium recently took place in Accra, Ghana. The symposium was organized by IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, West Africa Water Initiave (WAWI), UNICEF, WaterAid, and the Resource Centre Network (RCN) in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government Rural Development (MLGRD). The 3-day bilingual symposium registered over 150 participants from over 15 countries across the world. Impressions gathered from participants indicate that the symposium was a big success! All the papers and presentations are available online: • All the abstracts, papers, photo essays and presentations of the symposium: www.irc.nl/page/westafricasymposium