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dc.contributor.author | Samia, Pauline | - |
dc.contributor.author | Oyieke, Katherine | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kigen, Barnabas | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wamithi, Susan | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-15T08:17:02Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-15T08:17:02Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6675 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The World Health Organization (WHO) defines disability as an umbrella term that covers impairments, activity limitations, and restrictions in participation (1). Disability is not considered a health problem, but rather an interaction between a person’s body functions and features of the environments in which they live (1). WHO report a higher prevalence of severe and moderate disabilities in Africa compared to other regions (1). The United Nations Children’s Fund (2021) provides a global estimate of 230 million children, ages 0–17 years, living with a disability with 28.9 million children found in Eastern and Southern Africa (2). More than half of these children live in rural settings and only about one third attend a primary school (1). Given the high birth rate of 22.6 births per 1,000 people in East Africa, and successful implementation of interventions that have significantly reduced the under-5 mortality rate in this region, the prevalence of childhood disability can only increase over time (3, 4). This is a pertinent current and future issue given that the estimated likelihood of a child having a disability before their fifth birthday is 10 times higher than the likelihood of dying (377.2 vs. 38.2 per 1,000 livebirths) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Frontiers | en_US |
dc.subject | Adolescents | en_US |
dc.subject | Disabilities | en_US |
dc.title | Education for children and adolescents living with disabilities in sub–Saharan Africa—The gaps and opportunities | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | School of Education |
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