29/09/2025
Our organization has today been appointed as a member of the WHO Disability Health Equity Network.
This is in support of https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA74/A74_R8-en.pdfthe implementation of the WHA74.8 Resolution on the Highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities and advance WHO’s work on closing the avoidable health gaps between persons with disabilities and the broader population.
The Network aims to advance the
GPW14 Strategic Objective 4: Improve health service coverage and financial protection to
address inequity and gender inequalities; more specifically:
• 4.1. Equity in access to quality services improved for noncommunicable diseases,
mental health conditions and communicable diseases, while addressing antimicrobial
resistance; and
• 4.2. Equity in access to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, adolescent,
and older person health and nutrition services and immunization coverage improved.
It also advances the goal of leaving no one behind.
Objectives
The objectives of the Network are to:
4.1. Convey stakeholders engaged in disability and health under a common
understanding and narrative of the evidence-based changes required to achieve the
highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities.
4.1. Conduct evidence-based advocacy that increases awareness on health inequities
experienced by persons with disabilities and on the actions needed to address them.
4.1. Enhance dialogue, knowledge sharing, and connections, as appropriate, among
Network members for action towards health equity for persons with disabilities.
