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Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Kenya: Challenges and Prospects

M.J. Chomba, S.G. Mukuria, P.W. Kariuki, S. Tumuti, B.A. Bunyasi Disability Studies Quarterly (2015) C2

Kenya has great potential for enhancing education for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The fact that it has recognized the need to care for learners with special needs is commendable. In comparison to many African countries, Kenya and Nigeria are ahead in developing programs for special e... more

Assessment of Learning Disabilities: Cooperation between Teachers, Psychologists and Parents

Tuija Aro and Timo Ahonen Niilo Mäki Institute (2011) C2

African edition

Community Mental Health - Implementation Guidelines
recommended

Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2010)

The perception of disability by community groups: Stories of local understanding, beliefs and challenges in a rural part of Kenya

Bunning K, Gona JK, Newton CR, Hartley S PLoS ONE (2017) CC

Inclusion Counts The Economic Case for Disability-Inclusive Development

Banks, L.M. & Keogh, M. Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2016)

02 - Series on Disability-Inclusive Development

The Barefoot Guide 5: Mission Inclusion - Stories and practices of building a world where all belong

The Barefoot Guide Connection (2017) C1

From 2011 until 2016, a multi-actor programme was run in five countries to improve the life chances and living conditions of people experiencing exclusion and marginalisation of various kinds. This programme worked with local leaders, organisations and movements as well as various institutions and a... more

2017 Global Nutrition Report. Nourishing the SDGs

Global Nutrition Report Stakeholder Group (2017)

The 2017 Global Nutrition Report focuses on 5 key areas and finds that improving nutrition can have a powerful multiplier effect across the SDGs. Indeed, it indicates that it will be a challenge to achieve any SDG without addressing nutrition. The report shows that there is an exciting opportunity t... more

Abuses and Denial of Aid Endangering Ethnic Minorities in Northern Myanmar

Refugees International (2018) C1

In northern Myanmar, nearly 100,000 people continue to live in displacement camps in Kachin and northern Shan States. Most were first displaced by fighting between the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Army in 2011, and many have been displaced multiple times, including in recent months. ... more

Community-based Inclusive Education: Best Practices from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

Pförtner, K. (2014) CC

Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, Vol.25 (2014) pp.72-81 This article highlights some lessons about the strategy of community-based inclusive education, drawn from different programmes in Latin America.

Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook

Steve Broach, Luke Clements and Janet Read (2016) C1

Disabled children: a legal handbook is an authoritative yet accessible guide to the legal rights of disabled children and their families in England and Wales. The handbook aims to empower disabled children and their families through a greater understanding of their rights and entitlements. It is es... more

Universal eye health: a global action plan 2014-2019

World Health Organization (WHO) (2013) C_WHO

Universal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019 | Available documents in :Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish | http://www.who.int/blindness/actionplan/en/

Relevance of CBR and Inclusive Development in Post 2015 Agenda

Thomas, M. and Ninomiya, A. CBR Asia-Pacific Network (2015) C1

The impact of myopia and high myopia

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

Report of the Joint World Health Organization–Brien Holden Vision Institute Global Scientific Meeting on Myopia | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 16–18 March 2015

Hazardous Chemicals Handbook

Phillip Carson, Clive Mumford Butterworth Heinemann (2002) C2

"The aim of this book remains as for the first edition, namely to provide an initial point of ready reference for the identification of hazards and precautions for dangerous chemicals. It is targeted not only at those in the chemical and process industries, but also anyone likely to work with che... more

Landmine Monitor 2017

International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) (2017) C3

This is the 19th annual Landmine Monitor report. It is the sister publication to the Cluster Munition Monitor report, first published in November 2010. Landmine Monitor 2016 provides a global overview of the landmine situation. Chapters on developments in specific countries and other areas are ava... more

Module 12: Children who Develop Differently - children with disabilities or developmental difficulties

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) & International STEP by STEP Association (2016)

Protecting Civilians from the Effects of Explosive Weapons - An Analysis of International Legal and Policy Standards

Brehm, M United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)ESEARCH (2012) C3

The use of explosive weapons, such as bombs, rockets, and mortar and artillery shells, in cities, towns and villages and in other populated areas has devastating humanitarian consequences. Explosive weapons act mainly through the projection of blast and fragmentation wi... more

Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Internationl Committee of the Red Cross ICRC (2018) C1

These ICRC guidelines outline the organization’s approach to mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) during and after armed conflict and other situations of violence. They provide a framework for harmonizing MHPSS programmes within the organization, and an insight into its strategic process... more

Missing millions: How older people with disabilities are excluded from humanitarian response

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and HelpAge International (2018) CC

Madagascar: Profil Pharmaceutique du Pays 2011

Ministère de la Santé de Madagascar in collaboration with WHO (2011) C1