Disability Inclusion in Nigeria : A Rapid Assessment

According to the World Health Organization, in 2018, about 29 million of the 195 million people who comprise Nigeria’s national population were living with a disability. Data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey reveal that an estima...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	DISABILITY STIGMA DISCRIMINATION SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL INCLUSION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780571593336878236/Disability-Inclusion-in-Nigeria-A-Rapid-Assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34073

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spelling	okr-10986-340732021-05-25T09:57:07Z Disability Inclusion in Nigeria : A Rapid Assessment World Bank DISABILITY STIGMA DISCRIMINATION SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL INCLUSION According to the World Health Organization, in 2018, about 29 million of the 195 million people who comprise Nigeria’s national population were living with a disability. Data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey reveal that an estimated 7 percent of household members above the age of five (as well as 9 percent of those 60 or older) have some level of difficulty in at least one functional domain, seeing, hearing, communication, cognition, walking, or self-care; and 1 percent either have a lot of difficulty or cannot function at all in at least one domain. These estimated rates, while significant, are probably even higher because currently available data likely underestimate the prevalence. This rapid social assessment was undertaken to document the current socioeconomic status of persons with disabilities in Nigeria. Findings indicate that persons with disabilities lack access to basic services and that attitudinal barriers represent a major impediment to their socioeconomic inclusion. Inclusive policies are either nonexistent, weak, or inadequately implemented. There is an urgent need to improve the current socioeconomic situation of persons with disabilities in Nigeria. 2020-07-09T20:02:06Z 2020-07-09T20:02:06Z 2020-06-26 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780571593336878236/Disability-Inclusion-in-Nigeria-A-Rapid-Assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34073 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Social Analysis Africa Nigeria
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description	According to the World Health Organization, in 2018, about 29 million of the 195 million people who comprise Nigeria’s national population were living with a disability. Data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey reveal that an estimated 7 percent of household members above the age of five (as well as 9 percent of those 60 or older) have some level of difficulty in at least one functional domain, seeing, hearing, communication, cognition, walking, or self-care; and 1 percent either have a lot of difficulty or cannot function at all in at least one domain. These estimated rates, while significant, are probably even higher because currently available data likely underestimate the prevalence. This rapid social assessment was undertaken to document the current socioeconomic status of persons with disabilities in Nigeria. Findings indicate that persons with disabilities lack access to basic services and that attitudinal barriers represent a major impediment to their socioeconomic inclusion. Inclusive policies are either nonexistent, weak, or inadequately implemented. There is an urgent need to improve the current socioeconomic situation of persons with disabilities in Nigeria.
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title	Disability Inclusion in Nigeria : A Rapid Assessment
title_short	Disability Inclusion in Nigeria : A Rapid Assessment
title_full	Disability Inclusion in Nigeria : A Rapid Assessment
title_fullStr	Disability Inclusion in Nigeria : A Rapid Assessment
title_full_unstemmed	Disability Inclusion in Nigeria : A Rapid Assessment
title_sort	disability inclusion in nigeria : a rapid assessment
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
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Disability Inclusion in Nigeria : A Rapid Assessment

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