PHM-Exch> World report on disability

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


 World report on disability

 *WHO World Health Organization and the World Bank Group - June 2011

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*MORE THAN ONE BILLION PEOPLE FACE SOME FORM OF DISABILITY, LANDMARK UN
REPORT FINDS
the report that calls for the elimination of barriers that often force the
people with disabilities to “the margins of society.”
**UN press release New York, Jun  9 2011 12:05PM*



Website: http://bit.ly/lA7Rab

 Available online PDF [349p.] at: http://bit.ly/jcRO7f



“…….More than one billion people in the world live with some form of
disability, of whom nearly 200 million experience considerable difficulties
in functioning. In the years ahead, disability will be an even greater
concern because its prevalence is on the rise. This is due to ageing
populations and the higher risk of disability in older people as well as the
global increase in chronic health conditions such as diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, cancer and mental health disorders.



Across the world, people with disabilities have poorer health outcomes,
lower education achievements, less economic participation and higher rates
of poverty than people without disabilities. This is partly because people
with disabilities experience barriers in accessing services that many of us
have long taken for granted, including health, education, employment, and
transport as well as information. These difficulties are exacerbated in less
advantaged communities.



To achieve the long-lasting, vastly better development prospects that lie at
the heart of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals and beyond, we must
empower people living with disabilities and remove the barriers which
prevent them participating in their communities; getting a quality
education, finding decent work, and having their voices heard.



As a result, the World Health Organization and the World Bank Group have
jointly produced  this *World Report on Disability *to provide the evidence
for innovative policies and programmes that can improve the lives of people
with disabilities, and facilitate implementation of the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which came into force
in May 2008. This landmark international treaty reinforced our understanding
of disability as a human rights

and development priority.



The *World Report on Disability *suggests steps for all stakeholders –
including governments, civil society organizations and disabled people’s
organizations – to create enabling environments, develop rehabilitation and
support services, ensure adequate social protection, create inclusive
policies and programmes, and enforce new and existing standards and
legislation, to the benefit of people with disabilities and the wider
community. People with disabilities should be central to

these endeavors.

 Our driving vision is of an inclusive world in which we are all able to
live a life of health, comfort, and dignity. We invite you to use the
evidence in this report to help this vision become a reality…..” Dr Margaret
Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization - Mr Robert B Zoellick,
President, World Bank Group



*Content

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*Foreword Professor Stephen W Hawking

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*Introduction *

*Understanding disability *

*What is disability? *

*Disability and human rights *

*Disability and development *

*Disability – a global picture *

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Measuring disability *

Prevalence of disability – difficulties in functioning

Health conditions

Demographics

The environment

Disability and poverty

Needs for services and assistance

Costs of disability



*General health care *

*Understanding the health of people with disabilities *

*Addressing barriers to health care *

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Rehabilitation *

*Understanding rehabilitation *

*Addressing barriers to rehabilitation *

*Reforming policies, laws, and delivery systems *

*Developing funding mechanisms for rehabilitation 106*

*Increasing human resources for rehabilitation 108*

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*Expanding and decentralizing service delivery *

*Increasing the use and affordability of technology *

Assistive devices

Telerehabilitation

 *Expanding research and evidence-based practice *

Information and good practice guidelines

Research, data, and information



Policies and regulatory mechanisms

Financing

Human resources

Service delivery

Technology

Research and evidence-based practice


*Assistance and support *

*Understanding assistance and support *

*Barriers to assistance and support *

*Addressing the barriers to assistance and support *



*Enabling environments *

*Understanding access to physical and information environments *

*Addressing the barriers in buildings and roads *

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*Addressing the barriers in public transportation *

*Barriers to information and communication *

*Addressing the barriers to information and technology *

*Education *

*Educational participation and children with disability *

*Understanding education and disability *

*Barriers to education for children with disabilities *

*Addressing barriers to education *

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*Work and employment *

*Understanding labour markets *

*Barriers to entering the labour market *

*Addressing the barriers to work and employment *

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*The way forward: recommendations *

*Disability: a global concern *

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Recommendations *

Recommendation 1: Enable access to all mainstream policies, systems and
services

Recommendation 2: Invest in specific programmes and services for people with
disabilities

Recommendation 3: Adopt a national disability strategy and plan of action

Recommendation 4: Involve people with disabilities

Recommendation 5: Improve human resource capacity

Recommendation 6: Provide adequate funding and improve affordability

Recommendation 7: Increase public awareness and understanding of disability

Recommendation 8: Improve disability data collection

Recommendation 9: Strengthen and support research on disability

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*Conclusion *

Translating recommendations into action

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Technical appendix A *

*Technical appendix B *

*Technical appendix C *

*Technical appendix D *

*Technical appendix E

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