The west African state of Sierra Leone has been in the news for all the wrong reasons over recent years: a decade of civil war followed by the Ebola epidemic, in a country which was already desperately poor. On a recent trip to interview disabled people, beggars with disabilities line the major roads in the… Read More from Pioneering social work professionals in Sierra Leone
Topic: Development
Since working at WHO, I have felt passionately that our research should include the developing world, not be limited to our own country, because disabled people are most excluded and vulnerable in the poorest of places.
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Boda-Boda, a parable for our times
Last month, I had to attend a speed awareness course. I left my morning seminar resolved to follow all traffic rules and contribute to road safety. A few days later, as part of an East African research trip, I arrived in Kampala, which I’d been warned has terrible traffic, and a road death toll twice… Read More from Boda-Boda, a parable for our times