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New #SystematicReview finds it may be possible for a variety of programming approaches to improve livelihood outcomes of people with disabilities in LMIC. However, confidence in study findings is low (methodological limitations in all included studies). doi.org/10.1002/cl2.12…

Review of disability-inclusion in menstrual health efforts in emergencies found: ▶️50% of papers mentioned disability but only lightly ▶️People with #disabilities rarely participated in efforts ▶️Inaccessible cash transfers & hygiene kit distribution 👉bit.ly/3SbwTZE

"People with disabilities are often excluded from research, which may be exacerbated due to #COVID19. Its important that, moving forward, we capture the voices of people with disabilities and reflect them in policy and practice." Morgon Banks ICED London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

📢We are hiring! We’re recruiting an Assistant Professor with experience in impact evaluations in LMICs & who's passionate about #Disability inclusion. ▶️Deadline: 11 Oct ▶️Details: bit.ly/3rcPEA1 ▶️Apply: bit.ly/3y24bCb

Call for papers in Frontiers in Sustainability special edition on the inclusion of disability in #SDG indicators. Editors: @mont_daniel Morgon Banks & @ZacharyAMorris ▶️Abstract deadline 2 Dec 22 ▶️Manuscript deadline 31 Jan 23 Submit abstracts now! bit.ly/3Ccb3y7

@TommyShakes wrote the opinion piece “Recognising lived experience is essential to empowering disabled patients.” In the BMJ this month. He says “I want a partnership with my clinicians, collaborating on a better life for me and my peers.” Read more on bit.ly/3rLZVn1

📢 Message for our Nairobi-based global health community! We are hosting an event to present our new #MissingBillion report on Monday 14th, 5pm. Join us to learn about how we can build health systems that are inclusive of people with disabilities, and work better for everyone.

"I might be lucky and go back to school" Despite education policy improvements, feedback from the participants in this study shows there is still work to be done before education in Malawi can be considered truly inclusive. lifecoursehealthresearch.org/resources

Disability Evidence Portal is easiest route for decision and policy-makers to obtain evidence (research, briefs, recommendations) needed to ensure interventions, policies, activities are inclusive and deliver for people with disabilities. No more excuses #IDPwD2022 x.com/daryllloyd/sta…

#IDPWD - Sharing evidence from FCDO Research, Science and Technology Today, we are posting on additional costs for people with disabilities Disability-related direct costs are substantial Increasing the risk of poverty amongst people with disabilities Morgon Banks 1/

This is our very new, very exciting baby! Please submit your abstracts soon. Lieketseng Ned @hannahkuper1 Morgon Banks and I, and many others on our team, would love to see you there. And if I succeed at twisting his arm, there might even be a keynote by Leslie Swartz 😁

Paper by Morgon Banks & colleagues about access to disability-related healthcare in the Maldives found: ▶️1/4 ppl with disabilities have unmet disability-healthcare needs ▶️Worse for ppl with hearing, communication, cognitive difficulties 👇 bit.ly/3Ru8COB

ICED member Tracey Smythe is Guest Editor to a special issue in IJERPH. "Supporting Children with Disabilities and Their Families." 10 papers will receive a full fee waiver, if you are interested in publishing in this special issue, please contact bit.ly/3HC9OLx

Given the increased role of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in direct service delivery, our finding of low total membership - only 15% in LMICs - may indicate that the most marginalised disabled people are not being reached: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Delighted to be able to share this new guidance note on inclusive social protection for persons with disabilities - developed in partnership between UNICEF Social Policy ILOSocialProtection @unprpd (and many others!) social-protection.org/gimi/ShowResso… A few highlights 🧵 #COSP16

📢Seminar: Health insurance & access to health for people with disabilities: Experiences from Thailand and Peru during COVID-19 and beyond. Join Morgon Banks and panellists from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia & IHPP-International Health Policy Program 📆Thurs 29 June ⏰ 1-2pm UK time 🔗bit.ly/3qOk4eM

Join us next Thursday at 1pm BST for a webinar on #healthinsurance and access to health for people disabilities IHPP-International Health Policy Program SODIS Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia ICED lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

New paper out today looking at the impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on the health and healthcare access of people with disabilities in 6 LMICs - with Morgon Banks @hannahkuper1 @TommyShakes and many Twitterless others link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Dr Xanthe Hunt and colleagues explore how the COVID-19 pandemic and associated containment measures impacted healthcare access among people with disabilities in 6 LMICs link.springer.com/article/10.118…

ICED Associate Prof Morgon Banks will be speaking at this UNICEF, World Bank, and Center for Inclusive Policy May 16th webinar on measuring disability-related costs for inclusive social protection programmes. Sign up here: socialprotection.org/learn/webinars…