Publication Date
2014
32 p
The WHO global disability action plan 2014-2021 is a significant step towards achieving health and well-being and human rights for people with disabilities. The action plan was endorsed by WHO Member States in 2014 and calls for them to remove barriers and improve access to health services and programmes; strengthen and extend rehabilitation, assistive devices and support services, and community-based rehabilitation; and enhance collection of relevant and internationally comparable data on disability, and research on disability and related services. Achieving the objectives of the action plan better enables people with disabilities to fulfil their aspirations in all aspects of life.
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Keywords
Cross-cutting; accessibility; policy; Development/ Humanitarian; inclusive emergency preparedness and planning; Disability and social diversity; persons with disabilities; Health; systems: leadership and governance; systems: service delivery; Inclusion; inclusion and mainstreaming; Programme/ Project; monitoring; Rehabilitation; assistive technologies; community-based rehabilitation; management (service delivery)