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ADDC August 2009 Newsletter

Headlines include;

Children with Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus in Africa

An extended review on  “Children with Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus in Africa: can medical, family and community resources improve the life chances?”

Beyond Basic Needs

Programming for Marginalised and Vulnerable Groups-The Australian Partnership with African Communities (APAC) Program.

Disability & Deafness in North East Africa

An open, full text resource recently went online titled   “Disability & Deafness in North East Africa: Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti,  Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia. Introduction and bibliography, mainly non-medical, with historical material and some annotation.”

KAIH Report

The Kenya Association for the Intellectually Handicapped (KAIH), has put together a report on the post elections violence and the impact on the Persons with Intellectual disabilities and their families.

Asian And Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 2003-2012

UNESCAP has organized a series of activities on the elaboration of a comprehensive and integral international convention on the protection and promotion of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities as well as workshops and meetings on policy measures, information networking and promoting awareness.

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