Disability & International Development Towards Inclusive Global Health /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Maclachlan, Malcolm (Editor), Swartz, Leslie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Health administration.; Rehabilitation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Administration.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Disability and International Development Towards Inclusive Global Health Edited by Malcolm MacLachlan & Leslie Swartz One of the greatest challenges facing modern global health is how to include the most marginalized and impoverished people in international efforts to promote social and economic...

Table of Contents:

• From the Local to the Global: the Many Contexts of Disability and International Development
• The Effect of Failed States on the Well-Being and Lives of People with Disabilities
• The Impact of International Human Rights Law on the National Laws of Ethiopia from a Gender Rights and Disability Rights Perspective
• Building an Inclusive National Strategy for Disabled Children in Kyrgyzstan Through an Application of the BIAS FREE Framework
• Networking in Disability for Development: Introducing the African Network for Evidence-to-Action on Disability (AfriNEAD)
• Building Disability Research Capacity in Low-Income Contexts: Possibilities and Challenges
• Empowerment, Advocacy and National Development Policy: A Case Study of Disabled Peoples’ Organizations in Bolivia
• Cultural Challenges in Piloting Disability Surveys in Papua New Guinea
• Disability and HIV/AIDS: A Key Development Issue
• Assistive Technology in Low-Income Countries
• Childhood Disability in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone: An Exploratory Analysis
• Education, Disability, and International Development
• Listening to the Voices of Disability: Experiences of Caring for Children with Cerebral Palsy in a Rural South African Setting.