Global Health and Disability (FutureLearn)

People with disabilities are often overlooked in national and international development, and can face widespread barriers in accessing services, including health and rehabilitation services, even though simple initiatives are available to enable access.

Our three week course aims to raise awareness about the importance of health and well-being of people with disabilities in the context of the global development agenda: Leaving no one behind.

What topics will you cover?

• The magnitude of disability and relevance of disability to the global development agenda

• Defining disability and how it can be understood and measured

• The challenges to health and wellbeing amongst people with disabilities and why people with disabilities might have poorer health

• Why people with disabilities may have difficulty in accessing health services

• Links among longer term health conditions and disability

• How to improve access to health care and rehabilitation for people with disabilities

• Community based inclusive development for improving access to health and rehabilitation for people with disabilities

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Describe the links between disability, health and wellbeing

- Discuss challenges to health and wellbeing amongst people with disabilities

- Develop an understanding of what disability is and its relevance to the global development agenda

- Reflect on how different types of disabilities affect people’s lives in different ways

- Identify solutions to improve health and wellbeing amongst people with disabilities