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- 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
- 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
- Leading causes of DALYs - World Health Organization (WHO)
The burden of disease is calculated using the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) One DALY represents the loss of the equivalent of one year of full health DALYs for a disease or health condition are the sum of years of life lost due to premature mortality (YLLs) and years of healthy life lost due to disability (YLDs) due to prevalent cases of the disease or health condition in a population
- 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
- 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)
- Microsoft Word - WHO Disability Policy_Draft_2020-As posted (1). docx
Disability is a human rights issue with people with disability being subject to multiple violations of their rights, including acts of violence, abuse, prejudice and disrespect because of their disability, which intersects with other forms of discrimination based on age and gender, among other factors
- 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
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