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March 26, 2026Epidemiologic ReviewsOpen Access

Monitoring and evaluation of health disparities for people with disability in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review

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SWSarah WalmsleyMHMarie HuskaZAZoe Aitken

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Overview

This scoping review evaluates health disparities in people with disability in LMIC, highlighting the need for better monitoring and policy changes.

Key Points

  • The aim is to summarize literature on health disparities and evaluation approaches for people with disability in LMIC.
  • Conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed articles from 2008 to 2024.
  • Included studies comparing health-related outcomes between people with and without disability.
  • Identified 59 eligible studies across various LMIC.
  • Examined the use of disability indicators, mainly from Washington Group sets.
  • Analyzed a range of health outcomes, particularly in maternal health and HIV.
  • Disparities in health outcomes consistently found, with poorer outcomes for people with disability.
  • Lack of effective action for improving health equity highlighted.
  • Predominantly used survey data, with minimal use of administrative data.
  • Health outcomes focused on maternal and child health, and HIV-related issues.

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Walmsley et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c4ccc9fdc3bde448918493https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxag009
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