Leave No One Behind (LNOB) a disability accessibility standard for all public buildings and infrastructure has been created in Namibia.
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.
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.
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.
Youth Day Disability Awareness Event, Soshanguve, North of Pretoria, Corner Ruth First Road and Aubrey Matlala Str. Soshanguve Crossing Mall.
Conditions in crowded, urban settlements in Africa make effects of climate change worse, pushing temperatures to dangerous heights for children and seniors.
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.
Human Rights Watch notes the recommendations calling on South Africa to prioritize implementing inclusive education for children with disabilities.
Story of a Welsh woman with disabilities who travelled to Uganda to find out how disabled people there are creating their own income.
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.
#OperationRehab to offer free or subsidised medical treatment, rehabilitation, education and skills development to disabled Africans over the next few years.
Despite successes in tackling crimes against persons with albinism in Mozambique, authorities are yet to identify and arrest the masterminds behind such crimes.
Publication of Health Education and Behavior's (HE&B) supplement, Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa and the Global South.
People with disabilities in Somalia at risk of forced marriage, violence, rape and repeated forced evictions.
Human Rights Watch release report showing estimated half a million children with disabilities shut out of South Africa education system.
Brand South Africa and DoC convene high level discussion with stakeholders on how the country is responding to Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
New nodding syndrome (NS) transmission theory may offer important clues to guide new research.
Government of Kenya urged to make greater efforts to ensure education for people with disabilities.
New survey results show disconnect between reported growth and persistence of poverty among ordinary African citizens.
Information and statistics on child marriage an appalling violation of human rights that robs girls of education, health and long-term prospects.
Report states people with mental disabilities suffer severe abuses in psychiatric institutions and spiritual healing centers in Ghana.
The Convention stipulates that children with disabilities should be protected against all forms of discrimination.
Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon awareness campaign leverages public and private investments and existing health infrastructures to combat cervical and breast cancer.
The worlds worst food crisis is devastating large areas of Kenya Ethiopia and Somalia in Africa.
Analyzing how a cholera outbreak would spread in Zimbabwe is providing insights into most effective vaccination strategies for preventing future cholera epidemics.
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.
IBM announces details of involvement with government programs in Cross River State Nigeria aimed at providing access to free healthcare and alleviating poverty.
Hydrocephalus in Ugandan children and other developing countries is seasonal linked to farm animals and partly caused by previous bacterial infection.
Jordan is setting an example in standardizing and demanding social educational vocational and rehabilitative care for the disabled.
MenAfriVac vaccine designed specifically for Africa expected to help health workers eliminate meningococcal A epidemics.
Epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV is devastating Swaziland cutting life expectancy from 60 years to just 31.
Minister for Women Children and Persons with Disabilities Lulu Xingwana has called on the private sector to employ people with disabilities.
Substandard and Counterfeit Antimalarial Drugs in Ghana Discovered by Cooperative Program of USP Ghana Food and Drugs Board.
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.
Tinnitus is common among elderly Nigerians and associated with treatable health conditions like otitis media rhinosinusitis head injury and hypertension.
Women with disabilities in northern Uganda experience ongoing discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence.
inABLE envisions a day when blind and visually impaired students all over Africa have convenient access to life-changing computer based educational tools.
Children in Somalia were receiving vital nutritional feeding before it was forced to suspend operations by militant group Al-Shabaab.
Shuaib Chalklen of South Africa appointed Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Development.