The Ebola crisis and people with disabilities' access to healthcare and government services in Liberia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been little research on the impact of the 2014-2015 West African Ebola crisis on people with disabilities. This paper outlines the way in which the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia in 2015 highlighted existing inequalities and exclusion of people with disabilities and their households.

Methods

The results presented here are part of a larger ESRC/DFID-funded mixed methods research project in Liberia (2014-2017) which included a quantitative household survey undertaken in five counties, complemented by qualitative focus group discussions and interviews with people with disabilities and other key stakeholders. Uniquely, this research gathered information about people with disabilities' experience of the EVD outbreak, as well as additional socio

SUBMITTER: Kett M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8611399 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature