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  1. Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Dec 17, 2025 · 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 …

  2. Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Mar 7, 2023 · 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 …

  3. 10 Facts on disability - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Mar 7, 2023 · 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.

  4. 残疾 - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Dec 2, 2022 · 参考资料 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. …

  5. International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025

    Every year, on 3 December, the world marks international day of persons with disabilities. In 2025, WHO focuses on how inclusive financing can make a real difference to the lives, health and well-being of …

  6. World Report on Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Jan 1, 2011 · 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 …

  7. Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities

    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 attainable standard …

  8. Disability Inclusion Overview - World Bank Group

    Oct 9, 2025 · Disability Inclusion Over a billion people, or 16% of the world’s population, are estimated to have a disability. Persons with disabilities, on average as a group, are more likely to experience …

  9. WHO Disability Health Equity Initiative

    Sep 30, 2025 · The WHO Disability Health Equity initiative aims to close the avoidable health gaps between persons with disabilities and the broader population.

  10. What countries can do to make health systems better for people with ...

    Feb 25, 2025 · 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 …