We are seeking submissions for a supplement, to be published in International Health, which aims to bring together research on mental health, stigma and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) to help facilitate translation of learning into practice and policy uptake. Neglected Tropical Diseases result not only in physical impairment and disabilities, but are associated with substantial comorbidity with mental […]
Learners with disabilities continue to be one of the most marginalized groups when it comes to access to quality, equitable education. There are an estimated 240 million children with disabilities in the world. Compared to children without disabilities they are 16% less likely to read or be read to at home, 42% less likely to […]
TCI has now opened the call for applications for its Fellowship Program 2023. The core objective of this program is to build and capacity cadres worldwide with national level program engagements, and continued regional and global engagements. This will strengthen the TCI movement. The Fellowship will reframe the global ‘mental health’ momentum to a global […]
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) has been implemented in many parts of Africa for over four decades. Since the declaration of the sustainable development goals, Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID) has been popularized for disability inclusion. Although each stakeholder is aware of contribution of CBR and CBID in empowering and enabling persons with disabilities, there seems […]
African Regional Human Rights System Legal Standards on the Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities. As discussed in accountABILITY: African Regional Human Rights System Advocacy Guide, the African human rights bodies consist of independent human rights experts whose job is to (1) monitor whether States are meeting their legal obligations under relevant African human […]
Launch of the WHO Global Report on Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities on the 2nd December 2022 at 14:00 – 15:30 CET / 8:00 – 09:30 EST / 18:30 – 20:00 IST. Please register More than 1 billion people worldwide experience disability, and this number is growing, driven by increased numbers of people with […]
The aim of this toolkit is to contribute to the growing global dialogue on the importance of data on persons with disabilities, specifically to provide some basic knowledge on data collection, analysis, and use of data for evidenced based advocacy. DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT
The climate crisis is having an impact on everyone’s lives. Each year, we are witnessing more and more extreme weather events resulting in natural disasters and the increased need for humanitarian assistance. The impact of environmental degradation is evidenced by the movement and displacement of communities, loss of livelihood, family and social networks. Rising sea […]
The call for WHO’s #HealthForAll Film Festival 2023 is now open. Unleash your creativity. Send us your short films. Join the #Film4health global movement. Deadline: 31st January 2023 Application: http://bit.ly/HAFF2023 The World Health Organization invites independent film-makers, production companies, public health institutions, NGOs, communities, students, and film schools from around the world to submit their […]
