The African Network for Evidence-to-Action on Disability (AfriNEAD) exists to ensure that research contributes to a better quality of life for people with disabilities in Africa.

AfriNEAD facilitates networking among researchers, persons with disability, government representatives, business and civil society within the African region as well as with international communities. To effectively realise the rights of persons with disabilities, these stakeholders need to collaborate in the area of disability research.

Dear Friends and Colleagues

Once again we were surprised and pleased at the level of engagement, enthusiasm and participation of the AfriNEAD membership in the AfriNEAD 2009 symposium.


This conference constituted of six commissions that included:

research evidence,

health, HIV/AIDs and community-based rehabilitation

education, training and work

land, water, food and sanitation issues,

youth and lifestyle issues,

as well as issues of African development, poverty and indigenous knowledge systems.

While this was a lot to cover, we believe that it is necessary to expose the AfriNEAD delegates and researchers to the complexities of the issue of equity within the disability field and the need for researchers to see disability as a social construct, so as to understand the multi-faceted approach that research evidence will have to take to bridge the gap between evidence and practice.

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