Emerging patterns of disability distribution in developing countries
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Disability Studies
- Vol. 11 (4), 145-148
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798909166665
Abstract
A study based on the WHO model of community-based rehabilitation in Guangzhou City, China, is described. Preliminary epidemiological data are reported, and compared with analogous data from Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, Indonesia, and Pakistan. Confidence levels for estimates of the prevalence of limb dysfunction, visual dysfunction, hearing and/or speech dysfunction, and mental retardation are also reported.Keywords
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- Evaluation of community-based rehabilitation in Punjab, Pakistan: I: Use of the WHO manual, ‘Training disabled people in the community’International Disability Studies, 1988