3. Globally, child mortality is decreasing…
1990: 12 million
2011: 6.9 million
SOURCE: UNICEF
QUESTION:
Are we seeing a changing prevalence in morbidity and
disability as a result?
UNCLEAR
SOURCE: UNICEF
4. What is disability?
Personal Factors
(impairments)
+ Life Habits
(disability)
Environmental Factors
(barriers)
Interaction
Source: Disability Creation Process (modified) RIPPH 2011
19. Point 2
(Point 4)
Advocate for/develop appropriate health
services to support children with developmental
disabilities
Community based
+
Specific/specialised
21. ECD IS MULTI-SECTORAL – IT IS NOT ALL
ON YOUR SHOULDERS (BUT WE NEED
COLLABORATION)
Point 3
22.
23. Resources
• Disabled village children (Hesperian):
– http://hesperian.org/books-and-resources/
• Early childhood development and disability – a
discussion paper (WHO and UNICEF)
– http://www.ecdgroup.com/pdfs/ECD-Disability-UNICEF-
WHO-2012.pdf
• Development Difficulties in Early Childhood (WHO)
– http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2012/97892415035
49_eng.pdf
• Monitoring Child Disability in Developing Countries
(UNICEF)
– http://www.childinfo.org/files/Monitoring_Child_Disability
_in_Developing_Countries.pdf