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Accessed on 16.03.2020
According to the Recensement general de la population et de l'habitation de 2006, the disability prevalence rate in Burkina Faso is 1.2%
Accessed on 16.03.2020
L’orthophonie est une profession naissante en Afrique de l’Ouest et plus particulièrement au Burkina Faso, et donc très peu connue du grand public. Actuellement, le Togo, est le seul pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest qui dispose de 37 orthophonistes d’Etat formés en...
Accessed on 15.03.2020
Situé à Ouagadougou la capitale, « FITIMA Burkina » a été créée en 2003. C’est le premier centre de rééducation de FITIMA à avoir ouvert ses portes et compte actuellement une équipe de 14 personnes.
FITIMA Burkina comprend 2 pôles : le pôle Handicap e...
Accessed on 13.02.2020
Il est habituel de penser le handicap comme une perte d'autonomie et le handicapé dans une situation de dépendance sociale(1). Au cours d'une enquête menée en 1985 et 1986 au Sénégal sur les solidarités en milieu urbain, j'ai été amené à m'interroger sur ce qu'on...
Lancet Glob Health 2019Published OnlineOctober 22, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30425-5
By providing free mobility-enhancing treatment and equipment, U.S., U.K., and Swiss charity StandProud improves the dignity and social integration of impoverished children and youth with motor disabilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) .
The Liliane Foundation in collaboration with Enablement has been running a pilot focusing on children with neurodevelopmental disorders in 4 African countries called: Support Tools Enabling Parents (STEP). We can share details of the pilot including the evaluation report; report of a research proje...
Accessed June 17,2019
January 2019
Non Communicable Disease Control Programme Directorate General of Health Services Health Services Division, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
This tool provides guidance on how to adapt and use information, education and communication (IEC) materials so that they can be understood by people with disabilities. People with disabilities have a right to access all information relating to gender-based violence (GBV...
Abstract-The paper precisely and briefly explains the socio-economic challenges of persons with disabilities with focus on Ethiopia. The findings of the paper also indicates that, across the countries persons with disabilities have poorer health accesses, lower education achievements,...
Les personnes handicapées sont confrontées à des besoins spécifiques auxquels la communauté n’accorde pas toute l’attention requise. Un nombre important de cette couche vulnérable vit dans des conditions déplorables, à la limite déshumanisantes.
Open Journal of Epidemiology, 2018, 8, 226-241
Abstract
Introduction: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a major public health issue
in developing countries, where roads tend to be built haphazardly and accidents
take a heavy toll on victims—including leaving them disabled. This
study seeks ...
Accessed October 2018
The Information, Orientation and Social Support Service (SIOAS) reaches out to people with disabilities, mainly through its mobile teams, in 35 of the poorest neighborhoods in Maputo, Matola and Beira and will soon also be present in Tete and Nampula; these are five of the mos...
This report details the challenges many women and girls with disabilities face throughout the justice process: reporting abuse to the police, obtaining appropriate medical care, having complaints investigated, navigating the court system, and getting adequate compensation.
A national overview with a case study from Tanahun district. The overall aims of this study are (1) to assess the extent to which social protection systems in Nepal address the needs of people with disabilities; and (2) to identify and document elements of good practice, as well as challenges, in th...
