Disabled children are often excluded from school, so many receive no sex education. This puts them at higher risk of contracting HIV
because she is wheelchair-bound. She had never met a disabled person with the disease, as far as she knew, so she believed the rumour. Then came her own diagnosis. Today the 48-year-old pharmacy assistant knows that her disability actually made her more vulnerable to the disease. Even as covid-19 creates a new public-health crisis, Africa is continuing to grapple with an old one. Studies show that Africans with disabilities are at least twice as likely to get’s other risk factors.
Some are trying to improve the situation. A project in Kenya led by Humanity & Inclusion, an internationalinformation to the blind using Braille and radio shows. Community health workers in South Africa offer in-hometreatment to the immobile. In Rwanda they are taught to communicate the basics about the virus in sign language. Senegal conducted a prevalence survey of disability and—a good step in the “disability data revolution” that advocates say is necessary to tailor future policies.
No country stands out as a model. Policymakers often fret that providing for disabled people will be expensive and consume scarce resources. But some solutions that do not cost much can make a big impact. Health centres, for example, could start by installing wider doorways, adjustable beds and ramps.
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