Engaging community groups to enhance healthcare access for persons with disabilities in rural Uganda: A qualitative exploration

• Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andrew.ssemata@mrcuganda.org

  Affiliations Disability Research Group, Medical Research Council/ Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0060-0842

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• Tracey Smythe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-7362

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• Slivesteri Sande,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Disability Research Group, Medical Research Council/ Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9463-5004

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• Abdmagidu Menya,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Disability Research Group, Medical Research Council/ Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9733-0214

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• Shaffa Hameed,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Peter Waiswa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Femke Bannink Mbazzi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Disability Research Group, Medical Research Council/ Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda, International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Hannah Kuper

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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