Disability and HIV/AIDS: A Key Development Issue

Rohleder, Poul; Swartz, Leslie; Philander, J. H.

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“…In several contexts, the experience of disability interplays with other factors that may generate susceptibility to double discrimination and multiple disadvantage (women with disabilities [Barnes, 2001; Council of Europe, 2005; Quinn & Bruce, 2003; United Nations, 2006; United Nations Economic and Social Council, 2003; United Nations Enable, 2011; World Bank, 2004, World Bank, 2010; WHO & UNFPA, 2009], children with disabilities [Barnes, 2001; Council of Europe, 2005; Kilkelly, 2002; Lansdowne, 2009; Maulik & Darmstadt, 2007; Pan American Health Organization, 2008; United Nations, 2006; United Nations Economic and Social Council, 2003; WHO, 2010], ethnic minorities with disabilities [Castellino, 2002; Council of Europe, 2005; Elliott, Utyasheva, & Zack, 2009], aged populations with disabilities [United Nations Economic and Social Council, 2003)], persons with disabilities with limited resources [Mercer & MacDonald, 2007; United Nations Economic and Social Council, 2003; World Bank, 2004], persons with disabilities living away from services [United Nations Enable, 2008–2011b; WHO & World Bank, 2011], persons with disabilities suffering from chronic illness [DeJong & Basnett, 2001], mother/child mortality for persons with disabilities [United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2008; World Bank, 2010; WHO & UNFPA, 2009], persons with disabilities at increased relative risk for morbidity, in particular HIV/AIDS [Dube, 2009; Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development, 2008; Elliott et al, 2009; Grant, Strode, & Hannass-Hancock, 2009; Groce, 2003; Rohleder, Swartz, & Philander, 2009; The Africa Campaign, 2008; United Nations Enable, 2011; United Nations Human Rights, WHO, & UNAIDS, 2009; World ...…”

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Core Concepts of Human Rights and Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups in the Disability and Rehabilitation Policies of Malawi, Namibia, Sudan, and South Africa

Mannan

McVeigh

Amin

et al. 2012

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

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In recent decades, there has been a push to incorporate the World Health Organization "Health for All" principles in national, regional, and local health policy documents. However, there is still no methodology guiding the appraisal of such policies with regard to the extent that they address social inclusion. In this article, the authors report on the development of EquiFrame, a novel policy analysis framework that was used to evaluate the disability and rehabilitation policies of Malawi, Namibia, Sudan, and South Africa. The policies were assessed in terms of their commitment to 21 predefined core concepts of human rights and inclusion of 12 vulnerable groups. Substantial variability was identified in the degree to which the core concepts and vulnerable groups were featured in these policy documents. The overall summary rankings for the disability policies of the countries studied were as follows: Namibia-High, Malawi-Low, and Sudan-Low. The rehabilitation policy of South Africa was ranked as Low. The results support the idea that adequate disability and rehabilitation policies remain mostly undefined. EquiFrame may offer a useful methodology for evaluating and comparing human rights and social inclusion across policy documents.

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