Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)
Disability inclusion is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and global health priorities of universal health coverage, protection in health emergencies and healthier populations. Acting to achieve health equity for persons with disabilities is acting to achieve Health for All.

Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)
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. Williamson, E.J., et al., Risks of COVID-19 hospital admission and death for people with learning disability: population based cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform.

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. Health equity for persons with disabilities is a human right priority – persons with disabilities have the right to enjoy their highest attainable standard of health.

World Report on Disability 2011 - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 the rise due to population ageing and the rapid spread of chronic diseases, as well as improvements in the methodologies used to measure disability.

World report on disability - World Health Organization (WHO)
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 of public health, human rights and development, the report is set to become a "must have" resource for policy-makers, service providers, professionals, and advocates ...

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An estimated 1.3 billion people globally experience significant disability. This figure has grown over the last decade and will continue to rise due to demographic and epidemiological changes. In 2022, the World Health Organization launched the Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities.

World Health Organization Policy on Disability
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, extension of rehabilitation, assistive devices and support services, and enhanced collection of

Disability SEARO - World Health Organization (WHO)
The WHO South-East Asia Region has supported the member states in its leadership towards disability inclusion, prevention of injuries, promoting rehabilitation and strengthening accessibility to the assistive technology. In 2021, as per the Global Report on Health Equity for Persons with Disability has estimated the global disability prevalence of 16%, which is around 1.3 billion people, have ...

Discapacidad - World Health Organization (WHO)
La discapacidad forma parte del ser humano y es consustancial a la experiencia humana. Es el resultado de la interacción entre afecciones como la demencia, la ceguera o las lesiones medulares, y una serie de factores ambientales y personales. Se calcula que 1300 millones de personas, es decir, el 16% de la población mundial, sufren actualmente una discapacidad importante. Esta cifra está ...

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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 attainable standard of health as those without disabilities. However, the WHO Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities demonstrates that while some progress has been made in recent years, the world ...