This has been a busy week for meetings to continue our work on the project to inform the World Health Organization about children's health and access to healthcare.
On Thursday 15th May (5pm) we had a meeting with Darryl Barrett (Technical Lead of the WHO Disability Programme) and Melanie Greaux (WHO Disability Programme) to update them on all of the work that has been undertaken over the past month.
To prepare for this meeting we also met on Tuesday 13th May to continue the work on our scoping review meeting (lead by Dr Kate Freire) and on Thursday morning we met to discuss the work on our Children's Perspectives of Health research that has three studies lead by myself, A/Prof Tamara Cumming and Dr Carolyn Gregoric.
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| Dr Kate Freire leading our scoping review meeting |
At the Global Disability Summit last month, "Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization signalled how disability inclusion is a priority for achieving health for all, even amidst turbulent times in global health and international development. In the opening session of the summit, he announced that WHO will launch a global initiative on health equity for persons with disabilities to build the strategic movement needed to promote the right to health for persons with disabilities." https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2025/04/02/default-calendar/global-disability-summit-2025
