Jan 14, 2025 · Disability inclusion is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and global health priorities of universal health coverage, protection in health emergencies and …

Mar 7, 2023 · Brennan, C.S., Disability Rights During the Pandemic: A Global Report on Findings of the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor. 2020, COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor. …

Health equity for persons with disabilities is a global health priority – 1 in 6 people worldwide has significant disability, and this number is expected to increase. Health equity for persons with …

Jan 1, 2011 · The global disability prevalence is higher than previous WHO estimates, which date from the 1970s and suggested a figure of around 10%. This global estimate for disability is on …

Dec 14, 2011 · This pioneering World report on disability will make a significant contribution to implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. At the intersection …

<p>Following the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, attention has focused on ways to remove barriers to the participation of people with disabilities in their societies. Now a …

disability; the Organization’s Global Disability Action Plan 2014–2021,18 endorsed by Member States in 2014, which calls for improvements in access to health services and programmes, …

WHO has developed the Health equity for persons with disabilities: Guide for action (or Disability inclusion guide for action) to provide technical guidance on the process that ministries of …

Dec 2, 2022 · An estimated 1.3 billion people – or 16% of global population worldwide – experience a significant disability today. Persons with disabilities have the right to the highest …

May 3, 2021 · Disability must now be ingrained across all programmatic areas of work and core functions of the UN. The WHO Policy on Disability, launched by the Director-General on 3 …