UK government announces new initiatives to improve lives of people with disabilities globally
Posted Date: 31/07/2018
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) Secretary of State Penny Mordaunt MP has announced a range of new initiatives to help improve the economic opportunities as well as health and education outcomes for people with disabilities living in low and middle-income countries. Other recent IDS research on disability has been undertaken on disability inclusion in humanitarian contexts, through the Humanitarian Learning Centre, including the operational practice paper Disability Inclusive Humanitarian Response.
Under the Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development Programme (K4D), funded by DFID and led by IDS, researchers have published reports on Disability Stigma in Developing Countries and also Mobile Technology and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities.
Through the Future Health Systems Consortium, the Makere University School of Public Health is undertaking a Community Score Cards Study in Uganda on how maternal and newborn health services can be improved for disabled mothers. The What About Us video highlights the challenges that women with disabilities face when seeking maternal health services in the Eastern Ugandan district of Kibuku.
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