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- Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO works to fully integrate and promote disability inclusion in the health sector It works to ensure persons with disabilities: have equitable access to effective health services; are included in health emergencies preparedness and responses; and can access cross-sectorial public health interventions to achieve the highest attainable standard of health As requested in the World Assembly
- Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO fact sheet on disability and health provides key facts and information on unmet needs for health care, secondary conditions, how lives of disabled people affected, barriers to health care and WHO response
- 10 Facts on disability - World Health Organization (WHO)
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
- World report on disability
The first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank, suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability
- Disability Health Equity Initiative
The WHO Disability Health Equity initiative aims to close the avoidable health gaps between persons with disabilities and the broader population
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024
Persons with disabilities make up 16% of the global population, yet they rarely access leadership roles in the health sector They commonly face numerous barriers which prevent them from accessing these roles, such as discrimination, stigma, or exclusion from education and employment opportunities
- WHO launches new toolkit to advance health equity for persons with . . .
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new toolkit to guide governments in building health systems that are inclusive of persons with disabilities
- What countries can do to make health systems better for people with . . .
This is the EasyRead version of a toolkit that helps governments to make health systems fairer for people with disabilities WHO wrote this guide for action for the health departments of governments and the people who work with them People with disabilities and advocacy organizations must also be involved in every step This guide can be used across countries, across regions or in local areas
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