What we are reading

A selection of recent articles authored or co-authored by the Missing Billion Initiative’s team members

HIV

• A focus on disability is necessary to achieve HIV epidemic control, Lancet HIV 2022

Covid-19

• Deaths involving COVID-19 by self-reported disability status during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study, Lancet Public Health, 2021

• Risks of covid-19 hospital admission and death for people with learning disability: population based cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform, BMJ, 2021

• Disability-inclusive COVID-19 response: What it is, why it is important and what we can learn from the United Kingdom's response, Wellcome Open Research, 2020

System change

• Social health protection to improve access to health care for people with disabilities, WHO Bulletin, 2021

• Low numbers of disabled doctors mean potential loss of insightful care for everyone, BMJ, 2021

Country-specific

• A path toward disability-inclusive health in Zimbabwe Part 1: A qualitative study on access to healthcare, African Journal of Disability, 2022

• Should disability-inclusive health be a priority in low-income countries? A case-study from Zimbabwe, Global Health Action, 2022

• A National Accessibility Audit of Primary Health Care Facilities in Brazil-Are People with Disabilities Being Denied Their Right to Health? International Journal of environmental research and public health, 2021

• Self-reported disability in relation to mortality in rural Malawi: a longitudinal study of over 16 000 adults, BMJ Open, 2020