et al
Publication Date
November 2018
35 p
People with disabilities are at a heightened risk of communicable and non-communicable diseases and these diseases can cause debility and disability. Health needs of these people often extend beyond requiring continual longterm medical support to addressing broader social inequities. Key areas that are likely to be critical in re-orientating health systems from a biomedical approach towards inclusive health systems that are more responsive to the needs of people with debility and disability in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are offered in this report and cover the following:
- 1. Nothing about us without us: prioritising person-centred health systems
- 2. Responding to issues of access in mainstreaming disability within health systems
- 3. Ensuring the provision of specialised services
- 4. Community based rehabilitation
- 5. Improving the collection and use of disability related data against modified legal and policy frameworks
- 6. Partnerships are paramount
- 7. Financing and social protection
Case studies are provided from Sudan, India, Liberia, Uganda and Nigeria
View webpage for full text
Keywords
Health; systems: service delivery; systems: leadership and governance; Global picture; disability; Inclusion; inclusion and mainstreaming; poverty; disability and gender; Disability and social diversity; children with disabilities; Development/ Humanitarian; human disasters (war & conflict); Rehabilitation; community-based rehabilitation; Human rights; legal capacity and recognition; Cross-cutting; policy
