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Welcome to A-PODD

Realising the rights of disabled people,
promote their health and well-being
and release their economic potential.
Disabled people in Africa constitute a valuable resource for economic growth, the key to this is their access to healthcare, education and housing.

Research Partners

1. The Centre for Rehabilitation Studies, Stellenbosch University
2. South Africa and The Secretariat of the African Decade for Persons with Disabilities
3. Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin
4. Department of Psychology at Stellenbosch University
5. Southern African Federation of the Disabled
6. Ministry of Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly, Government of Malawi
7. Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
8. South African Medical Research Council's Cochrane Centre
9. SINTEF Health Research (Norway)
10. Institute for Nursing Research, University of Ulster, N. Ireland
11. Law & Policy Research Unit, National University of Ireland, Galway
12. UNICEF, New York
13. Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland


The project has two main committees, the project coordination committee (A-PODD partners) and the Steering committee