Aug 29, 2025 · An estimated 1.3 billion people – or 1 in 6 people worldwide – experience significant disability. Persons with disabilities die earlier, have poorer health, and experience …

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, …

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 …

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.

May 3, 2021 · The WHO Policy on Disability requires WHO to: Integrate disability into the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all programmes, while continuing disability …

Dec 14, 2011 · The first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank, suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability. People …

Jan 1, 2011 · The first ever WHO/World Bank World report on disability reviews evidence about the situation of people with disabilities around the world. Following chapters on understanding …

Jul 18, 2025 · Disability refers to the interaction between individuals with a health condition, such as cerebral palsy, cognitive impairment or depression, and personal and environmental …

Nov 7, 2024 · 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 …

On 3 December 2024, WHO joins partners around the world to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year, the theme is “Amplifying the leadership of persons …