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ALT A woman with disability in a colourful skirt and black jacket working in a maize field, using a hoe to tend the soil. There are green plants and another person visible in the background.
ALT Representatives of ADF and ADA shaking hands.
ALT colourful pencils arranged in a row
ALT Artwork showing Michael who loves bacon butties and brown sauce, and travelling on public transport in London. He's got a foot on the tube, a foot on a London bus with the HP sauce held high in one hand and his bacon butty in the other. Colour, joy.
ALT Globally, 53 million children under 5 years of age around the world are living with a developmental disability. Early child development (ECD) programmes often exclude children with developmental disability, and few studies have examined the health, social, emotional and financial impacts, cost-effectiveness and strategies for sustainability at scale. A sustained and coordinated approach to early detection and intervention is needed to improve the life chances of millions of affected children and their families around the world, particularly those living in the hardest-to-reach communities in the lowest resource settings. This study will evaluate the PDC/Baby Ubuntu programme, implemented by Partners in Health in Rwanda. The Pediatric Development Clinic (PDC) provides early care for young children at risk of developmental disability, monitoring development and growth, whilst providing support to caregivers.
ALT the Nyarugenge district hospital in Kigali, Rwanda
ALT Stock photo of a young child having their upper arm circumference measurement done.
ALT The hub logo, featuring Africa as a central point, with spokes radiating outward from it.
ALT Flyer for Stellenbosh Disability Research Hub inaugural conference