14 July 2025

Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Short pieces:

"Comment: War-related trauma and displacement in Gaza: the impact on the health and longevity of older adults," The Lancet Healthy Longevity, vol. 6, no. 5 (May 2025) [open access]

Reports:

Adaptation in Adversity: The Impact of Drought on the Livelihood Adaptive Strategies of Refugee Youth with Physical Disabilities in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Refugee-led Research Working Paper, no. 4 (Refugee Studies Centre, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Inclusive practices for supporting older persons and persons with disabilities in humanitarian settings: A compilation of good and promising practices from the Republic of Moldova (OHCHR, April 2025) [text via UNHCR]
- Focuses on Ukrainians. Also available in Russian.

Mainstreaming disability inclusion in early childhood development for crisis-affected children in the Middle East (International Rescue Committee, May 2025) [text]

*Protection Analysis Update: Risks and barriers faced by persons with disabilities and older persons (Protection Cluster, July 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related UNRWA brief.

Protection of older persons, including those with disabilities, in the context of evacuations: Advocacy note for RC/HC (Protection Cluster, April 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Ukraine.

Journal articles:

"A comparison of modifiable risk factors for dementia among South Asian migrants and non-migrants aged 50 or older in Tasmania, Australia," BMC Public Health, 25:2362 (July 2025) [open access]

"How inclusive is disaster risk reduction? Perceptions and predicaments of persons with disabilities during disaster in Assam, India," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 4 (Oct. 2025) [open access]

"Return Migration and Ageing," Special collection in International Migration [access]
- Five articles are open access and the introduction is freely available.

"Social Determinants of Health and Well-Being Among Older People from Refugee Backgrounds in Australia: A Longitudinal Study," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 16 June 2025 [open access]

"Vulnerabilities of people with different types of disabilities in disasters: a rapid evidence review and qualitative research," Disasters, vol. 49, no. 3 (July 2025) [open access]
- Focuses on Vietnam.

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