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. 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 As the functioning and disability of an individual occurs in a context, icf also includes a list of environmental factors.
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Persons with disabilities have the right to the highest attainable standard of health as those without disabilities
However, the who global report on health equity for persons with disabilities demonstrates that while some progress has been made in recent years, the world.
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.
Icf is operationalized through the who disability assessment schedule (whodas 2.0) Whodas 2.0 was developed through a collaborative international approach with the aim of developing a single generic instrument for assessing health status and disability across different cultures and settings. 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.
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.
