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Title: Disabilities among Refugees and Conflict-Affected Populations


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Disabilities among Refugees and
Conflict-Affected Populations
  • Issues, Interventions and Approaches

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Scope
  • 600 million persons
  • with disabilities worldwide
  • 2.5 to 3.5 million displaced persons live with
    disabilities

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Jordan (250,000-500,000 Iraqis)
Nepal (107,000 Bhutanese)
Thailand (145,000 Burmese)
Yemen (8,700 Somalis)
Ecuador (50,000 200,000 Colombians)
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Findings Types of Disabilities
  • Those with mental disabilities face more
    discrimination
  • Fewer services for those with mental
    disabilities
  • Assistance programs focus on those with physical
    and sensory disabilities

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Problems with the physical layout of refugee
camps
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Greater levels of isolation than before
displacement
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Findings Health Care
  • Lack of specialized health care
  • Complete lack of
  • mental health services
  • Access to reproductive health care
  • Lack of assistive devices and rehabilitation
  • Lack of psychosocial support and counseling
    services

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Better services and care in refugee camps than in
urban areas
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Report
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Resource Kit
  • Checklists and tools on how to improve services
    and protection for displaced persons with
    disabilities

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PHASE 2
  • Goal Change practice at the field/country level
    to promote greater inclusion, participation and
    access for displaced persons with disabilities.
  • Objectives
  • 1. Develop and implement an advocacy and change
    strategy to improve program practice focused on
    promoting greater access to services and
    community inclusion for displaced persons with
    disabilities.
  • Implement guidance from the Disabilities Resource
    Kit in three countries serving refugee and/or
    internally displaced populations on use of the
    disabilities resource kit.
  • Develop monitoring and impact evaluation
    mechanism to document and promote change at the
    global level.
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