Today we received the welcome news that we have been accepted as a member of the WHO Disability Health Equity Network.
We are pleased to welcome Charles Sturt University as a member of the WHO Disability Health Equity Network. Please find attached the Disability Health Equity Network membership certificate for your entity, and a copy of the Terms of reference for the Network.
CSU's application was focused on the work of the Children's Voices Centre. We are proud to work with WHO to change the lives of children and others with disabilities and the workforce, families and communities who support them.
We have added this partnership to our CVC website: https://www.csu.edu.au/research/childrens-voices-centre/engage-with-us
Terms of Reference
The WHO Disability Health Equity Network (hereinafter referred to as the Network)
envisions health equity for all persons with disabilities in support of the 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.
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| Cheers from our team: Sharynne, Suzanne, Holly |
