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Have we forgotten our obligation to train health workers on disability? A policy analysis in sub-Saharan Africa

2024-05-02

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People with disabilities generally have worse health outcomes than people without disabilities, leading to a 10–20-year difference in life expectancy. Research on the barriers to accessing health care frequently points to the role of health workers’ attitudes and lack of training to provide high quality health care to people with disabilities. Current training initiatives are unsystematic and limited to specific c...

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Literature Corpus work: 136ebc75-7185-5f86-a951-0cb25de104e0
DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.30.24306648

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