People with Disability in Libya are a Medicalised Minority: Findings of a Scoping Review

Dimension sought	Terms (truncated forms not used in either English or Arabic)
Location	Libya
	Libyan Arab Jamāhīriyyah
	Middle East
	North Africa
Middle-East-North-African Region (MENA)
Africa
Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR)
Disability	Disability
	Handicap
	Injury
Casualty
Amputee
Potential causes	War
	Conflict
	Explosive Remnants of War
	Congenital
Motor Vehicle Accidents/Traffic Accidents
Communicable Disease
Endemic disease/endemic conditions
Cardiovascular
Organisations	United Nations
	UNHCR
	UNICEF
	WHO
Ministry of Social Affairs – Libya
Ministry of Health – Libya
Ministry of Wounded Affairs – Libya
Ministry of Martyrs and Missing – Libya
Service types	Rehabilitation
	Community Based Rehabilitation (or) CBR
	Primary Care
	Community Care
	Humanitarian Aid
Emergency
Hospital
Center/ Centre
Disability
Status of People with Disability	Convention
	Human Rights
	Law
Decree
Advocacy

Cause of Disability.

N	Cause of disability	Number (2007)*	Number (2012)**
1	Congenital	36179	54293
2	Birth trauma	987	2417
3	Non-vaccination	730
4	Disease (not specified)	19427
5	Accident	8116	9808
6	Conflict or war related	1150
7	Work-related injuries	730	2245
8	Burns	362
9	Other (not specified)	3040	2519
	TOTAL	70721

[i] *Libyan Ministry of Health (2010) Health and environment statistical report [Arabic];

**Libyan Health Information Center (2012) [Arabic].

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.2 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

Language: English

Page range: 182 - 196

Submitted on: Jan 24, 2017

Accepted on: Jan 24, 2017

Published on: Apr 12, 2018

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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