What we have been working on
A selection of recent articles authored or co-authored by the Missing Billion Initiative team
HIV
A focus on disability is necessary to achieve HIV epidemic control, Lancet HIV 2022
Cancer
Principles for Service Delivery: Best Practices for Cervical Screening for Women with Disabilities, International Journal of Women’s Health, 2024
Do people with disabilities experience disparities in cancer care? A systematic review, 2023
System change
Building Disability Inclusive Health Systems, Lancet, 2024
A true UHC plan has to embrace disabled patients, Nation Africa, 2023
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