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Many thanks from the course team.
Lead educators: Hannah Kuper, Tom Shakespeare
Course initiation and content design: Hannah Kuper, Tom Shakespeare and Tess Bright
Course production:
Many people have been involved in the development of this course and we would like to thank them for their hard work and valuable contributions.
Contributors from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr. Morgon Banks, ICED
Dr. Tess Bright, ICED
Dorothy Boggs, ICED
Dr. Calum Davey, ICED
Dr Shaffa Hameed, ICED
Dr. Suresh Kumar, ICED
Professor Hannah Kuper, ICED
Sarah Marks, ICED
Dr. Islay Mactaggart, ICED
Professor Martin McKee, LSHTM
Dr. Sarah Polack, ICED
Onaiza Qureshi, LSHTM
Veronika Reichenberger, ICED
Nathaniel Scherer, ICED
Professor Tom Shakespeare, ICED
Dr. Tracey Smythe, ICED
Jane Wilbur, ICED
Maria Zuurmond, ICED
Contributors from other organisations
Dr. Jill Hanass-Hancock, South African Medical Research Council
Wakisa Mulwafu, College of Medicine, Malawi
Professor Hellen Myezwa, School of Therapeutic Sciences, WITS University, South Africa
Dr. Chioma Ohajunwa, South African Medical Research Council
Relvie Poilapa, World Vision, Vanuatu
Liz Sayce, London School of Economics
Faustina Urassa, Songambele, Tanzania
Lorraine Wapling, Independent Consultant
Video interviews
Ola Abu Alghaib, UN Partnership of Persons with Disabilities
Dr. Mark Carew, Leonard Cheshire
Dom Haslam, Sightsavers
Satish Mishra, World Health Organization
Florence Ndagire, ICED/Makerere University
Yetnebersh Nigussie, Global Action on Disability (GLAD)
Queen Seketi, ICED/University of Zambia
Myroslava Tataryn, Wellspring Foundation
Organisations and individuals who contributed media
CBM International
Handicap International
Channel 4/Getty Images
Lorraine Wapling
Sightsavers
Carlos Litulo
Funder
This project was funded with UK Aid from the UK Government.
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