Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)
Disability results from the interaction between individuals with a health condition, such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and depression, with personal and environmental factors including negative attitudes, inaccessible transportation and public buildings, and limited social support.

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.

Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)
In total, an estimated 135 million people in Europe live with a disability. With population ageing and the rising prevalence of chronic conditions due to noncommunicable diseases and injuries, this number is set to increase in the future.

Disability EURO - World Health Organization (WHO)
Disability refers to the interaction between individuals with a health condition, such as cerebral palsy, cognitive impairment or depression, and personal and environmental factors, such as negative attitudes and stigma, inaccessible transportation and public buildings, or reduced access to social supports. People with disability are a very diverse population encompassing a wide variety of ...

WHO Disability Health Equity Initiative
The WHO Disability Health Equity Initiative is a new WHO Initiative, launched in June 2025, which aims to advance health equity for persons with disabilities. There are more than 1.3 billion persons with disabilities in the world. Despite this large number, persons with disabilities remain among the most marginalized population groups globally. Many experience a range of health inequities ...

FACTSHEET DISABILITY - World Health Organization (WHO)
Disability is an outcome of an interaction between health conditions (such as cerebral palsy, depression or lung disease), and environmental factors (such as inaccessible transportation, limited social support or air pollution).

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, known more commonly as ICF, is a classification of health and health-related domains. As the functioning and disability of an individual occurs in a context, ICF also includes a list of environmental factors.

Health equity for persons with disabilities: guide for action
The Health equity for persons with disabilities: guide for action (or Disability inclusion guide for action) provides practical guidance on the process that ministries of health should lead on to integrate disability inclusion into health systems governance, planning, and monitoring processes.

World Report on Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)
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. The first ever WHO/World Bank World report on disability reviews evidence about the situation of people with disabilities around the world.