Located at the Yale University School of Public Health through the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), with funding from the Office of the Advisor on Disability and Development and The Global HIV/AIDS Program of the World Bank, the Global Survey on HIV/AIDS and Disability seeks to understand the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the worlds 600 million men, women and children who live with a disability.

Mission Statement

The Global Survey on HIV/AIDS and Disability is designed to identify, foster and disseminate research, policies and programmatic interventions concerning the impact of HIV/AIDS on populations with physical, sensory (deaf, blind), intellectual and mental health disabilities. This program is concerned both with improving HIV/AIDs prevention efforts for children, adolescents and adults with disability and in improving services and support for those individuals with disability who are HIV+.

Project Leadership

• Principal Investigator: Nora Ellen Groce, Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health
• Judith Heumann, Advisor on Disability and Development, The World Bank
• Debrework Zewdie, Director, The Global HIV/AIDS Program, The World Bank

Disability Groups:

General Disability | Blind | Deaf | Physically Impaired
Psychiatric Disabilities | Multiply Handicapped | Women
Adolescents | Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

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