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February Newsletter
Dear friends,
This month, we are planning, undertaking and supporting the conduct of fieldwork around the world, including the follow-up a livelihood intervention in Bangladesh, and the baselines for health-related interventions in Rwanda and Uganda. We are strongly committed to working in true partnership with people with disabilities in all these activities, including through leadership by researchers with disabilities, training of fieldworkers with disabilities, working with OPDs, and engaging with community members with disabilities. We are also delighted that we have started a PhD programme for people with disabilities within ICED. We are always striving to be more participatory and inclusive, so do let us know if you have tips to share or advice to give!
And another call for help! Climate change is on everyone’s mind as the world faces an unprecedented disaster. But what will this mean for people with disabilities? As we are starting to work more in this area, we would be grateful if you shared with us news, reports and research on this topic! We look forward to engaging with you on this topic and make sure that people with disabilities are not left behind!
Read on for more news and updates!
With best wishes,
Hannah and Tom
PENDA is a major ICED project, funded by FCDO, aiming to increase evidence to support disability inclusive development. We will focus on developing people, knowledge and tools. We now have 11 evaluations up and running, across the PENDA programme, working with a wide range of partners. Find out more information from our website.
This month, we are preparing to conduct the endline of the impact evaluation of the STAR+ programme – a disability-targeted livelihood intervention in Bangladesh. We are also preparing for the baseline of the impact evaluation of the Baby Ubuntu in Rwanda – a programme of early assessment, care and support for children at risk of developmental disabilities.
Publications
Papers this month from ICED!
Jane Wilbur and colleagues published Feasibility study of a menstrual health behaviour change intervention for women and girls with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers for Vanuatu's humanitarian responses. In Plos Global Public Health. The Veivanua campaign is a menstrual health intervention for people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers in Vanuatu’s humanitarian setting. It was adapted from the Bishesta campaign delivered in Nepal’s development setting. This feasibility study is designed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the campaign. We found it feasible, so now it requires efficacy testing in Vanuatu. It should also be adapted to humanitarian crises in other countries to support the menstrual health of this previously excluded population.
Tracey Smythe, Nat Scherer, Cally Tann and colleagues published Strategies for addressing the needs of children with or at risk of developmental disabilities in early childhood by 2030: a systematic umbrella review. In BMC Medicine. The review highlighted that there is an extreme lack of evidence concerning prevention, identification and intervention, from outside of high income areas, even though the number of affected children in lower resource settings is far higher.
Dorothy Boggs joined colleagues in the paper Closing the birth registration gap for Every newborn facility birth: literature review and qualitative research. published in Global Health Action. It identified barriers at the level of the health system, government and societal to registration – which help explain why almost 25% of children under 5 are unregistered – and key initiatives to overcome these hurdles.
Upcoming Seminars and Events by LSHTM
ICED webinars:
- Thursday February 15, 17:15-18:15 p.m. Inaugural lecture of Professor Andrew Bastwarous – Making the Invisible, Visible.
- Monday February 26, 17:30-18:30 p.m. “Disability and Health – What’s the link and why does it matter?” ICED panel presentation. John Snow, LSHTM
You can find all our previous seminars (including the audio recordings and slides) here.
We would also like to highlight the new Stellenbosch webinar series (November 2023-April 2024), which includes a range of ICED members. The zoom link is here, for all the webinars.
All webinars are from 13:00 – 13:45 South Africa Standard Time (usually 11:00-11:45 UK time) on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Click here to view the previous webinar21st March 2024:Crafting Conference-Worthy Academic Abstracts, Guest facilitator: Lieketseng Ned
18th April 2024: Academic Writing: Developing a Manuscript for Publication, Guest facilitator: TBA
Other things of interest
- Applications open for Global Heumann Fellowship – to support disability leaders and advocates around the world. Closing data for application March 31.
- ALTER, the European Society for Disability Research is holding its 12th conference at KU University of Leuven Belgium on 4-5 July. Submission for proposals open until January 14.
- Check out these great resources on inclusive health: CBM: Inclusiveness and health equity in national eye health strategies. IASC: Disability and inclusion in MHPSS
- Also – by CBM – Accessibility=Go! A guide to action.
- Conference alert: April 24-26, University of the Free State “Taking a transformative approach to inclusion and equality: A disability rights perspective.”
Work Experience Programme at ICED
We are currently not taking on new candidates, however you are welcome to complete an online application to register interest in the programme. Please complete the application form.
Have you seen this?
Interesting piece in BBC on “Disability and sex is still taboo” to highlight new BBC comedy drama “How This Blind Girl…” (3 episodes)
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Work experience with ICED
Over the last few years, we have had candidates contribute to our research projects by undertaking surveys, writing systematic reviews, completing desk research and much more.
We are currently not taking on new candidates however, you are welcome to complete the application below for potential future openings.
The programme is for candidates to gain work experience in research within an academic setting. We will strongly consider the following applicants:
- People with disabilities
- An interest in pursuing a career in research
- Preference given to people from LMICs
- People holding a Bachelor’s degree (minimum), ideally a Master’s degree.
Please complete the application form for consideration.
Disability-Inclusive Education and Employment
This film presents findings from a research project on Disability-Inclusion in Education and Employment in seven countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and Uganda). The film was created with young people with disabilities from Uganda and Ghana who participated in the study.
The research was conducted in partnership with ICED, Mastercard Foundation, the University of Abuja, the University of Ghana, Lifetime Consulting Ltd, Addis Ababa University, University of Nairobi, Global Advocacy and Research Group and MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Group. It was funded by Mastercard Foundation.
Phase 1 study reports, on the policy landscape, are available here. Phase 2 reports, based on interviews with young people with disabilities in each country, will follow. A film, about the research findings, created with young people with disabilities who participated in the study can be seen here.
COVID-19 Support and Guidance
The situation with COVID-19 is rapidly changing. We have gathered a list of resources about COVID-19 to share with caregivers, children & young people and education, health and social care practitioners to navigate the dynamic situation of the COVID-19 response, and the many impacts that it will have. We hope that they are helpful and we will continue to add new resources as they become available.
- Information on how parent groups have been run post ‘lock-down’ in Rwanda
- Guidelines on what to consider to run groups safely in the context of COVID-19
- A range of free digital COVID-19 educational resources for children: download Axel Scheffler’s book, download a copy of Lydia Monk’s book
- Share your story and contribute to voices of people with disabilities during the COVID-19 outbreak: voices
- LSHTM’s free online course for anyone who is interested to learn about what we know about COVID-19, and how we should respond to the outbreak
- A course that introduces COVID-19, created for teenagers and young adults
- Presentation from the International Centre for Evidence in Disability: making the response disability-inclusive
- Paper on what we can learn from a disability inclusive response
- Working with parent groups – a training resource for facilitators and caregivers
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These manuals (Getting to Know Cerebral Palsy, Juntos and ABAANA EIP) aim to increase knowledge and skills in caring for a child with developmental disabilities. Research highlighted the significant needs of the caregivers, and how they can gain a huge amount of support from meeting with each other in an understanding environment.
It promotes a participatory learning approach with an emphasis on working with groups and the empowerment of parents and caregivers.
Download the manual (in various languages)
“Before, my family and people in my community used to say ‘this child’s suffering is a result of parent’s sin’. After taking the training I have explained what causes cerebral palsy to others. Now, no-one says anything like this.”
Parent, Sirajganj, Bangladesh
Animated videos on child development and developmental disability
Download and use these animated videos from ICED on child developmental and developmental disability, with versions in English, Portuguese and Spanish. The first of these videos provides information on child development across different domains and considers how this process can be disrupted for some children. The second explores the challenges and barriers in the lives of people with a developmental disability, and how support strategies can help an individual better participate in their community.
Please use these videos in your own teaching, support groups or in any other forum, appropriately acknowledging the International Centre for Evidence in Disability at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
The videos are available in English, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish.
View the English videos below:
View the English videos with subtitles here:
- Child development video with English subtitles
- Developmental disability video with English subtitles
View the Portuguese (Brazil) videos with subtitles here:
- Child development video with Portuguese (Brazil) subtitles
- Developmental disability video with Portuguese (Brazil) subtitles
View the Spanish videos with subtitles here:
Supporting Families Affected by Zika virus
Children with developmental disabilities and their families
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Community Ear and Hearing Health Journal
This annual publication promotes good ear and hearing health in low and middle-income countries.
It's a forum for exchanging ideas, experience and information that facilitate continuing education for all levels of health worker. It is delivered to almost 4,000 healthcare providers worldwide. Some issues have been translated into French and Spanish.
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- Issue No. 21 (2020) Ear and hearing care in the midst of a pandemic
- Issue No. 20 (2019) Noise-induced hearing loss
- Issue No. 19 (2018) Hearing aid systems in low-resource settings
- Issue No. 18 (2017) Focus: Ear and Hearing Health in Schools
- Issue No. 17 (2016) Common ear conditions underdiagnosed at primary level
- Version Française No. 3 (2021) Soins de l’oreille et de l’audition en temps de pandémie
- Version en Español No. 2 (2021) Cuidado del oído y la audición en media de una pandemia
- Version française No. 2 (2016) Sensibiliser la communauté à la santé de l’oreille et de l’audition
- Version en Español No. 1 (2016) Abordando los problemas de oído
- Version française No. 1 (2015) Lutter contre les affections de l’oreill et de l’audition au niveau primaire
- Issue No. 16 (2015) Testing small children’s hearing with little or no equipment
- Issue No. 15 (2014) Early detection of hearing loss in newborn and preschool children
- Issue No. 14 (2014) Living with hearing impairment
- Issue No. 13 (2013) Increasing community awareness of ear and hearing health
- Issue No. 12 (2012) Addressing ear and hearing problems at primary level
- Issue No. 11 (2011) Projects in the Philippines
- Issue No.10 (2010) Less noisy cities Issue No. 9 (2009) Noise: an ubiquitous pollutant
- Issue No.8 (2008) Tinnitus: a common and manageable complaint
- Issue No.7 (2008) Screening for hearing impairment
- Issue No.6 (2007) Chronic suppurative otitis media: a disease still waiting for solutions
- Issue No.5 (2007) Rehabilitation of the deaf and hard of hearing
- Issue No.4 (2006) Deafness caused by ototoxicity in developing countries
- Issue No.3 (2006) Congenital infections and hearing impairment
- Issue No.2 (2005) Current practice for ear syringing
- Issue No.1 (2004) Congenital deafness in developing countries
Press articles
Read articles on ICED activity in the international press and on SciDev.net. Use disability resources from across the web.
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- Disability in the Global South Journal focusing on Disability and the SDGs, edited by Hannah Kuper and Shaun Grech. July 2017
- National Survey of Disability in Guatemala 2016 – Case Study, International Institute for Sustainable Development, June 2017
- Hannah Kuper discusses the exclusion of children with disabilities from education around the world – Al Jazeera News Hour (live), 18 August 2015
- Many disabled children in poorer countries left out of primary education – The Guardian, 18 August, 2015
SciDev.net columns
- February 2016: ‘Zika babies’ need support now
- January 2016: Kids at risk from El Niño
- December 2015: Monitor birth defects to save lives
- November 2015: Rethink healthcare for the ageing world
- October 2015: Defend girls’ sexual health rights
- September 2015: Reshape mental healthcare in crises
- August 2015: Give SDG monitoring some bite
- July 2015: Community care cuts NTD burden
- June 2015: Better data on disaster victims
- May 2015: A better way to find disabled kids
- April 2015: The next hurdle for Ebola survivors
- March 2015: Universal Health Coverage: Bearing the Brunt of Violence
- February 2015: Reaching Patients with Smartphones
- January 2015: Universal Health Care can happen
- December 2014: HIV and Disability November 2014: Ageing and Disability
Global Health and Disability
All files and contents in this folder are © LSHTM unless otherwise stated. You are welcome to reuse, adapt and share these files for non-commercial teaching and learning purposes without asking for permission. You must acknowledge the International Centre for Evidence in Disability, LSHTM as the original creator and provide a link to our website: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/international-centre-evidence-disability. We would also very much appreciate hearing how you are using the content, please let us know at disabilitycentre@lshtm.ac.uk.
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Video: Welcome to the course
Week 1: Disability and its importance to the global development agenda
Video: Welcome to week 1
Video & teaching slides: Why does disability matter globally?
- Video (MP4 74.9MB)
- Step text and transcript (PDF 80KB)
- Teaching slides (PDF 954KB)
- References (PDF 88KB)
Video: Why does disability matter – Personal perspectives
Article: Why does disability matter – individual case studies
Article: Why does disability matter to International Development? Part 1
Article: Nothing about us without us
- Article (PDF 122KB)
- References (PDF 188KB)
- Disability and the SDGs – How relevant is each SDG to disability? (PDF 632KB)
Video: What does disability mean – personal perspectives
Video: Attitudes to disability
Video: What does disability mean – a framework
Article: Measuring disability: Why would you want to and how do you do it?
Video: What is the relationship between impairments and disability?
Video: what are the common impairments related to disability?
- Video (MP4 42MB)
- Step text and transcript (PDF 81KB)
- Teaching slides (PDF 2MB)
- References (PDF 266KB)
Article: Why does impairment matter?
Video: Summary of week 1
Video: Welcome to week 2