News and informative articles relating to current health and disability issues on the continent of Africa and South Africahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/en-usThu, 30 Apr 2026 10:49:20 EDTAfricaWitchcraft beliefs are still widespread worldwide, with prevalence related to cultural, institutional, psychological, and socioeconomic characteristicshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/witchcraft.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/witchcraft.phpFri, 25 Nov 2022 15:41:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaMental 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 seemhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/namibia.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/namibia.phpSun, 04 Sep 2022 12:31:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaNew 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 Aidhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/inclusive-futures.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/inclusive-futures.phpTue, 28 Sep 2021 16:05:00 EDTDisabled WorldCharities - DonationsLegs4Africa launches its very own fundraising campaign to raise awareness and £100,000 to support those with limb differences in sub-Saharan Africahttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/charity/legs4africa.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/charity/legs4africa.phpThu, 23 Sep 2021 13:00:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaLeave No One Behind (LNOB) a disability accessibility standard for all public buildings and infrastructure has been created in Namibiahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/lnob.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/lnob.phpThu, 30 Apr 2020 12:04:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaInternational NGO ALIMA warns of seriousness of the situation in Africa and calls for emergency deployment of staff, medicine and materials necessary for humanitarian activitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/alima.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/alima.phpThu, 19 Mar 2020 11:49:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaLarge-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 Nigerhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/sahel-alima.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/sahel-alima.phpWed, 06 Nov 2019 19:12:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaYouth Day Disability Awareness Event held at Soshanguve Crossing Mall attracts young persons with disabilities together with their abled-bodied counterpartshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/soshanguve.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/soshanguve.phpWed, 20 Jun 2018 13:16:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaYouth-led event in Soshanguve addresses disability exclusion, citing 7.5% SA disability rates and historical activism to drive inclusive changehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/reminiscing.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/reminiscing.phpTue, 12 Jun 2018 12:37:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaConditions in crowded, urban settlements in Africa make effects of climate change worse, pushing temperatures to dangerous heights for children and seniorshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/climate-africa.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/climate-africa.phpMon, 13 Nov 2017 10:13:28 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaIt 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 shackleshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/mad.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/mad.phpMon, 23 Oct 2017 11:04:36 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaHuman Rights Watch notes the recommendations calling on South Africa to prioritize implementing inclusive education for children with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/upr.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/upr.phpSat, 23 Sep 2017 19:08:54 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaStory of a Welsh woman with disabilities who travelled to Uganda to find out how disabled people there are creating their own incomehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/mbale.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/mbale.phpMon, 31 Jul 2017 17:00:13 EDTDisabled WorldScholarshipsUSD$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 Programhttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/education/scholarships/ethiopia-education.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/education/scholarships/ethiopia-education.phpMon, 16 Jan 2017 12:02:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfrica#OperationRehab to offer free or subsidised medical treatment, rehabilitation, education and skills development to disabled Africans over the next few yearshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/operationrehab.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/operationrehab.phpWed, 11 Jan 2017 09:59:11 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaDespite successes in tackling crimes against persons with albinism in Mozambique, authorities are yet to identify and arrest the masterminds behind such crimeshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/ero.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/ero.phpFri, 02 Sep 2016 08:44:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaPublication of Health Education and Behavior's (HE&B) supplement, Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa and the Global Southhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/he-b.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/he-b.phpSun, 03 Apr 2016 08:03:18 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaPeople with disabilities in Somalia at risk of forced marriage, violence, rape and repeated forced evictionshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/somaliland.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/somaliland.phpTue, 27 Oct 2015 16:36:10 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaHuman Rights Watch release report showing estimated half a million children with disabilities shut out of South Africa education systemhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/sa-disability.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/sa-disability.phpThu, 20 Aug 2015 10:00:00 EDTDisabled WorldEbola VirusBrand South Africa and DoC convene high level discussion with stakeholders on how the country is responding to Ebola outbreak in West Africahttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/ebola/deal.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/ebola/deal.phpThu, 27 Nov 2014 08:17:50 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaNew nodding syndrome (NS) transmission theory may offer important clues to guide new researchhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/nodding-syndrome.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/nodding-syndrome.phpMon, 06 Oct 2014 09:03:30 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaGovernment of Kenya urged to make greater efforts to ensure education for people with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/reject.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/reject.phpTue, 19 Aug 2014 13:06:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaNew survey results show disconnect between reported growth and persistence of poverty among ordinary African citizenshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/mired.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/mired.phpWed, 02 Oct 2013 11:57:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaInformation and statistics on child marriage an appalling violation of human rights that robs girls of education, health and long-term prospectshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/child-marriage.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/child-marriage.phpThu, 07 Mar 2013 12:38:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaReport states people with mental disabilities suffer severe abuses in psychiatric institutions and spiritual healing centers in Ghanahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/ghana-abuse.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/ghana-abuse.phpThu, 04 Oct 2012 09:50:57 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaThe Convention stipulates that children with disabilities should be protected against all forms of discriminationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/african-rights.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/african-rights.phpSun, 17 Jun 2012 14:13:33 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaPink 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 Americahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/pink-red-ribbon.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/pink-red-ribbon.phpSat, 03 Dec 2011 11:02:00 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaThe worlds worst food crisis is devastating large areas of Kenya Ethiopia and Somalia in Africahttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/african-hunger.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/african-hunger.phpFri, 15 Jul 2011 12:35:27 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaAnalyzing how a cholera outbreak would spread in Zimbabwe is providing insights into most effective vaccination strategies for preventing future cholera epidemicshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/zimbabwe.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/zimbabwe.phpFri, 03 Jun 2011 17:08:52 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaBailiffs 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 womenhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/freetown.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/freetown.phpMon, 16 May 2011 16:52:40 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaIBM announces details of involvement with government programs in Cross River State Nigeria aimed at providing access to free healthcare and alleviating povertyhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/nigeria.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/nigeria.phpMon, 11 Apr 2011 10:50:33 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaHydrocephalus in Ugandan children and other developing countries is seasonal linked to farm animals and partly caused by previous bacterial infectionhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/hydrocephalus-uganda.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/hydrocephalus-uganda.phpMon, 03 Jan 2011 11:35:36 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaJordan is setting an example in standardizing and demanding social educational vocational and rehabilitative care for the disabledhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/jordan.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/jordan.phpMon, 20 Dec 2010 13:55:06 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaMenAfriVac vaccine designed specifically for Africa expected to help health workers eliminate meningococcal A epidemicshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/meningitis-vaccine.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/meningitis-vaccine.phpSat, 11 Dec 2010 11:16:25 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaEpidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV is devastating Swaziland cutting life expectancy from 60 years to just 31https://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/swaziland-hiv.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/swaziland-hiv.phpThu, 02 Dec 2010 11:30:51 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaMinister for Women Children and Persons with Disabilities Lulu Xingwana has called on the private sector to employ people with disabilitieshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/pretoria.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/pretoria.phpMon, 15 Nov 2010 09:53:05 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaSubstandard and Counterfeit Antimalarial Drugs in Ghana Discovered by Cooperative Program of USP Ghana Food and Drugs Boardhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/antimalarial-drugs.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/antimalarial-drugs.phpMon, 08 Nov 2010 13:30:52 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaResearch has demonstrated a new and safe insect control method can bring about a serious decline in malaria-bearing mosquitoes in afflicted regions in the worldhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/malaria-control.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/malaria-control.phpMon, 08 Nov 2010 10:23:44 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaTinnitus is common among elderly Nigerians and associated with treatable health conditions like otitis media rhinosinusitis head injury and hypertensionhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/tinnitus-seniors.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/tinnitus-seniors.phpThu, 07 Oct 2010 12:16:31 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaWomen with disabilities in northern Uganda experience ongoing discrimination and sexual and gender-based violencehttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/disability-uganda.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/disability-uganda.phpMon, 30 Aug 2010 10:57:19 EDTDisabled WorldAfricainABLE envisions a day when blind and visually impaired students all over Africa have convenient access to life-changing computer based educational toolshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/inable-africa.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/inable-africa.phpSat, 28 Aug 2010 15:25:04 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaChildren in Somalia were receiving vital nutritional feeding before it was forced to suspend operations by militant group Al-Shabaabhttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/world-vision-somalia.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/world-vision-somalia.phpMon, 16 Aug 2010 13:13:11 EDTDisabled WorldAfricaShuaib Chalklen of South Africa appointed Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Developmenthttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/disability-rights-leader.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/disability-rights-leader.phpThu, 13 Aug 2009 15:33:30 EDTDisabled World