Disability News: Africa and South Africa Document List
Updated/Revised Date: 2022-04-09
Summary: Archive of published articles and documents from the Disabled World African Disability News category. Although some of these documents may have since been updated, re-written, replaced, or revised, they are sorted below by their original publish date. The most recent publications are listed at the top of the table with older articles being listed in descending order by the date they were created.
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African Disability News Publications - (43 Articles)
Belief in Witchcraft Still Widespread
Witchcraft beliefs are still widespread worldwide, with prevalence related to cultural, institutional, psychological, and socioeconomic characteristics.
Publish Date: 2022-11-25 - Updated: 2023-01-03Mental Health Challenges for Namibia Disabled
Mental health challenges for persons with disabilities in Namibia. There is a significant connection between disability and mental health, and that connection is more complex than it might seem.
Publish Date: 2022-09-04They Do Not Care About Us - They Have Forgotten Us
New research shows disability organizations were unsung heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report is based on the key findings and implications from three studies conducted as part of the Inclusive Futures Programme, funded by UK Aid.
Publish Date: 2021-09-28Legs4Africa Campaign Supports Those with Limb Differences in Africa
Legs4Africa launches its very own fundraising campaign to raise awareness and £100,000 to support those with limb differences in sub-Saharan Africa.
Publish Date: 2021-09-23Namibia: Leave No One Behind (LNOB) Creating Access for All
Leave No One Behind (LNOB) a disability accessibility standard for all public buildings and infrastructure has been created in Namibia.
Publish Date: 2020-04-30Seriousness of Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa
International NGO ALIMA warns of seriousness of the situation in Africa and calls for emergency deployment of staff, medicine and materials necessary for humanitarian activities.
Publish Date: 2020-03-19 - Updated: 2021-08-23Humanitarian Crisis in the Sahel
Large-scale population displacements, armed attacks and high levels of food insecurity have contributed to a humanitarian emergency in the 3 border zone of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
Publish Date: 2019-11-06 - Updated: 2019-11-07Youth with Disabilities Resolve to Affirm Their Identity
Youth Day Disability Awareness Event that was held at Soshanguve Crossing Mall attracted a throng of young persons with disabilities together with their abled-bodied counterparts.
Publish Date: 2018-06-20South Africa: Youth Disability to Attract Focus on Youth Day
Youth Day Disability Awareness Event, Soshanguve, North of Pretoria, Corner Ruth First Road and Aubrey Matlala Str. Soshanguve Crossing Mall.
Publish Date: 2018-06-12Climate Change Likely to be More Deadly in Poor African Settlements
Conditions in crowded, urban settlements in Africa make effects of climate change worse, pushing temperatures to dangerous heights for children and seniors.
Publish Date: 2017-11-13 - Updated: 2018-10-10Ghana Seeks to End Chaining of 'Mad' People
It is time for the Ghana government to invest in mental health services, so people with psychosocial disabilities can get support, instead of ending up in shackles.
Publish Date: 2017-10-23South Africa Should Prioritize Implementing Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities
Human Rights Watch notes the recommendations calling on South Africa to prioritize implementing inclusive education for children with disabilities.
Publish Date: 2017-09-23Trip To Mbale Uganda Proves Disability Is Not Inability
Story of a Welsh woman with disabilities who travelled to Uganda to find out how disabled people there are creating their own income.
Publish Date: 2017-07-31$24.2M and Scholarships to Advance Inclusive Higher Education for Youth with Disabilities in Ethiopia and Africa
USD$24.2 million partnership to advance inclusive higher education for young people with disabilities in Ethiopia and Africa as part of The MasterCard Foundations Scholars Program.
Publish Date: 2017-01-16#OperationRehab Initiative Providing Disabled Africans Free Treatment in India
#OperationRehab to offer free or subsidised medical treatment, rehabilitation, education and skills development to disabled Africans over the next few years.
Publish Date: 2017-01-11Attacks Against Persons with Albinism - Who are the Masterminds?
Despite successes in tackling crimes against persons with albinism in Mozambique, authorities are yet to identify and arrest the masterminds behind such crimes.
Publish Date: 2016-09-02 - Updated: 2022-11-25Confronting Diseases in Africa: Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa and the Global South
Publication of Health Education and Behavior's (HE&B) supplement, Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa and the Global South.
Publish Date: 2016-04-03People With Disabilities Abused and Exploited in Somaliland
People with disabilities in Somalia at risk of forced marriage, violence, rape and repeated forced evictions.
Publish Date: 2015-10-27 - Updated: 2018-05-01Children with Disabilities Denied Education in South Africa
Human Rights Watch release report showing estimated half a million children with disabilities shut out of South Africa education system.
Publish Date: 2015-08-20 - Updated: 2021-08-08South Africa Ready to Deal with Ebola
Brand South Africa and DoC convene high level discussion with stakeholders on how the country is responding to Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Publish Date: 2014-11-27African Nodding Syndrome Disease May be Spread by Blackflies
New nodding syndrome (NS) transmission theory may offer important clues to guide new research.
Publish Date: 2014-10-06Schools in Kenya Reject Children with Disabilities
Government of Kenya urged to make greater efforts to ensure education for people with disabilities.
Publish Date: 2014-08-19 - Updated: 2021-11-15Africa Still Mired in Poverty Despite Growth Reports
New survey results show disconnect between reported growth and persistence of poverty among ordinary African citizens.
Publish Date: 2013-10-02Child Marriages: An Appalling Violation of Human Rights
Information and statistics on child marriage an appalling violation of human rights that robs girls of education, health and long-term prospects.
Publish Date: 2013-03-07 - Updated: 2021-05-16Report on Abuse Against Persons with Disability in Ghana - Human Rights Watch
Report states people with mental disabilities suffer severe abuses in psychiatric institutions and spiritual healing centers in Ghana.
Publish Date: 2012-10-04 - Updated: 2017-10-23Rights of Disabled Children in Africa - UNICEF
The Convention stipulates that children with disabilities should be protected against all forms of discrimination.
Publish Date: 2012-06-17Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Awareness Initiative
Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon is an innovative partnership to leverage public and private investments in global health to combat cervical and breast cancer in developing nations in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
Publish Date: 2011-12-03 - Updated: 2021-11-18Extreme Hunger Ravaging Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia in Africa
The worlds worst food crisis is devastating large areas of Kenya Ethiopia and Somalia in Africa.
Publish Date: 2011-07-15Cholera Vaccination Strategies for Zimbabwe
Analyzing how a cholera outbreak would spread in Zimbabwe is providing insights into most effective vaccination strategies for preventing future cholera epidemics.
Publish Date: 2011-06-03Disabled Youths Violently Evicted in Freetown
Bailiffs and police personnel forcefully and unlawfully entered a property at in Freetown in order to violently evict over 300 disabled youths mostly children and young women.
Publish Date: 2011-05-16IBM Brings Smarter Healthcare to Nigeria's Cross River State
IBM announces details of involvement with government programs in Cross River State Nigeria aimed at providing access to free healthcare and alleviating poverty.
Publish Date: 2011-04-11 - Updated: 2012-06-29Infant Hydrocephalus Linked to Farm Animals in Uganda
Hydrocephalus in Ugandan children and other developing countries is seasonal linked to farm animals and partly caused by previous bacterial infection.
Publish Date: 2011-01-03 - Updated: 2014-11-01Jordan Encourages Education and Rehabilitation for Disabled
Jordan is setting an example in standardizing and demanding social educational vocational and rehabilitative care for the disabled.
Publish Date: 2010-12-20New MenAfriVac Meningitis Vaccine to Eradicate Epidemics in Africa
MenAfriVac vaccine designed specifically for Africa expected to help health workers eliminate meningococcal A epidemics.
Publish Date: 2010-12-11 - Updated: 2016-06-13Dual HIV and Tuberculosis Epidemic Demands Urgent Action
Epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV is devastating Swaziland cutting life expectancy from 60 years to just 31.
Publish Date: 2010-12-02Employ People with Disabilities - Disability News Africa
Minister for Women Children and Persons with Disabilities Lulu Xingwana has called on the private sector to employ people with disabilities.
Publish Date: 2010-11-15Substandard and Counterfeit Antimalarial Drugs in Ghana
Substandard and Counterfeit Antimalarial Drugs in Ghana Discovered by Cooperative Program of USP Ghana Food and Drugs Board.
Publish Date: 2010-11-08New Method for Control of Malaria Applied in Africa
Research has demonstrated a new and safe insect control method can bring about a serious decline in malaria-bearing mosquitoes in afflicted regions in the world.
Publish Date: 2010-11-08Tinnitus in Seniors Impacts Quality of Life
Tinnitus is common among elderly Nigerians and associated with treatable health conditions like otitis media rhinosinusitis head injury and hypertension.
Publish Date: 2010-10-07Barriers and Abuse for Women with Disabilities in Uganda
Women with disabilities in northern Uganda experience ongoing discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence.
Publish Date: 2010-08-30inABLE Connects Africa's Visually-Impaired Students with Assistive Technology
inABLE envisions a day when blind and visually impaired students all over Africa have convenient access to life-changing computer based educational tools.
Publish Date: 2010-08-28Forced Suspension of World Vision Leaves Thousands of Lives in Jeopardy in Somalia
Children in Somalia were receiving vital nutritional feeding before it was forced to suspend operations by militant group Al-Shabaab.
Publish Date: 2010-08-16 - Updated: 2013-07-12South African Disability Rights Leader Named United Nations Special Rapporteur Of Commission For Social Development
Shuaib Chalklen of South Africa appointed Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Development.
Publish Date: 2009-08-13 - Updated: 2010-08-28
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