Community-Based Rehabilitation and Disability-Inclusive Development: On a Winding Path to an Uncertain Destination

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Kuipers, Pim
Sabuni, Louis Paluku
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2016
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The majority of people with disabilities who live in developing countries, predominantly in the global South, do not receive any formal disability or rehabilitation services. In those countries or regions where at least some disability services are provided, the community-based rehabilitation (CBR) approach, or some form of it, is likely to be the only approach available (Evans et al. 2001).The majority of people with disabilities who live in developing countries, predominantly in the global South, do not receive any formal disability or rehabilitation services. In those countries or regions where at least some disability services are provided, the community-based rehabilitation (CBR) approach, or some form of it, is likely to be the only approach available (Evans et al. 2001).
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Disability in the Global South: The Critical Handbook
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Health services and systems not elsewhere classified
Public health not elsewhere classified