B-SCAN organized a roundtable discussion in collaboration with icddr,b on the findings of the study titled 'Nationwide assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and incontinence situation of persons with disabilities and older people in Bangladesh at the Daily Star Centre, Dhaka on 18 Nov, 2023. The population-based cross-sectional study, conducted from November 2022 to October 2023, covered all eight divisions of and 32 districts of Bangladesh. It involved screening a total of 17,577 individuals from 6,457 urban and rural households, to identify persons with disabilities. The Washington Group's Short Set of Functioning-Enhanced (WG-SS Enhanced) questionnaire was used for the identification of the persons with disabilities. The key findings of the study reveal an overall disability prevalence of 8% in Bangladesh, with males at 7% and females 9%. The study also finds a significantly higher prevalence (47%) among older adults (70+ years) compared to those ≤59 years old (5.2%). To unravel the multifaceted challenges in WASH accessibility, a detailed survey enrolled 2,378 individuals with and without disabilities. This study was part of a larger multi-country study implemented in Kenya, Indonesia, Zambia, Sierra Leone, and Bangladesh with funding and technical support from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). B-SCAN implemented it in Bangladesh in collaboration with icddr,b.
You can read the full study from here: https://rb.gy/87tncz
