In June 2020, ADD International conducted structured interviews with leaders from ten Disabled People’s Organisations which are participating in the Inclusion Works programme in three districts
This report presents the findings from telephone interviews with 91 representatives from 15 Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) partners in Bangladesh, to ask about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on persons with disabilities in Bangladesh. The report
Rehabilitation improves the health outcomes of patients with severe cases of COVID-19 and benefits health services through:
− Optimizing health and functioning outcomes: Rehabilitation may reduce complications associated with admission to an ICU
The study employed primary research methods to gather both quantitative and qualitative information through a semi-structured survey with Help Age programme beneficiaries in five countries: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.
Advancing the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities worldwide. An interview with Mme. Zhang Haidi, President of Rehabilitation International. Haidi: Our fellow people and their situations worry me most at this moment. The epidemic broke out
Disability Relief Services (DRS)-Tanzania, has continued to manifest its strategic operational intent as it moves ahead towards becoming among key humanitarian and community services providers within
Ensure Access to Information, Essential Services For Those Most at Risk. (New York) – COVID-19 presents particular risks for many people with disabilities around the world, Human Rights Watch said today. Governments should make
India’s differently-abled are left in the lurch by virus and lockdown. The govt’s measures, or the lack thereof, fail to ease their burden Almost everybody at some point in life becomes disabled; those who survive to old age face increasing disabilities. According to Amartya Sen: “Disabled
What is COVID-19? • It is a new illness spreading around the world. • It’s nickname is coronavirus. How do you get it? • Someone with COVID-19 gives you their germs. • When they cough or sneeze, their germs get in the air, on you, and on
A training of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) stakeholders on writing skills took place in Yaonde, Cameroon. This training was organized by the Cameroon Baptist Convention (CBC) Health
