We have been invited to collaborate with the World Health Organization Sensory Functions, Disability & Rehabilitation (SDR) Unit in the Disability Programme https://www.who.int/teams/noncommunicable-diseases/sensory-functions-disability-and-rehabilitation/disability
Together we are going “to build evidence on the experiences and perspectives of children and young people with disabilities on health and access to healthcare services”.
We will be working with Dr Mélanie Gréaux and Dr Kaloyan Kamenov from WHO who have co-authored this important paper:
Gréaux, M., Moro, M. F., Kamenov, K., Russell, A. M., Barrett, D., & Cieza, A. (2023). Health equity for persons with disabilities: A global scoping review on barriers and interventions in healthcare services. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22(1), 236. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02035-w
The WHO Disability Programme has been learning from from adults with disabilities (including women and people in rural areas) as outlined in this video "Persons with disabilities share their experience of accessing health services"
The video concludes with
"People like me... like me... like me... like me... need to be included in the system that decides on the policy matters over healthcare...
to ensure that can access the quality and inclusive health services that we deserve.
Leave no one behind.
Let's build together a disability inclusive health sector"
We look forward to expanding the world's knowledge about the experiences and perspectives of children and young people with disabilities.
