Table 1.

A summary of characteristics of the reviewed articles and their reference to the selected countries

Study	Year	Study Design	n	Diagnosis	Country	Barriers Present	Facilitators Present
Tekola et al. [25]	2016	Qualitative	10	Autism	Ethiopia	√	√
Tilahun et al. [13]	2016	Qualitative	102	Autism, Intellectual disability	Ethiopia	√	√
Shibre et al. [12]	2001	Quantitative	178	Schizophrenia Affective disorder	Ethiopia	√
Miftah et al. [11]	2017	Mixed method	104	Mental Health	Ethiopia	√	√
Finkenflugel et al. [14]	1996	Qualitative	75	Neurological: Cerebral palsy	Zimbabwe	√	√
Nota et al. [15]	2015	Qualitative	40	Neurological and Orthopedic	Zimbabwe	√	√
Paget et al. [17]	2016	Qualitative	24	Neurodisability	Malawi	√	√
Devendra et al. [16]	2013	Mixed method	296	Vision, Hearing, Physical, Learning, Seizure	Malawi	√
Bayat [19]	2014	Qualitative	65	Developmental	Cote d’Ivoire	√
Alloh et al. [18]	2009	Mixed	8	Psychomotor	Cote d’Ivoire	√	√
Yousafzai et al.	2005	Qualitative	123	Deaf, Blind, Physical Communication	Uganda and Rwanda	√
Bannink et al. [21]	2015	Qualitative	178	Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus	Uganda	√	√
Bunning et al. [22]	2014	Mixed method	N/A	Varied	Kenya	√	√
Magnussen et al. [23]	2011	Qualitative	29	Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy Hydrocephalus, Congenital limb, Seeing, Hearing, Developmental, Down syndrome	Zambia	√	√
Ogunkeyede et al. [24]	2017	Mixed method	155	Hearing impairment	Nigeria	√