Disability and COVID-19: ensuring no one is left behind.

Covid-19 Disability Health systems

Journal

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique
ISSN: 0778-7367
Titre abrégé: Arch Public Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9208826

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 Aug 2021
Historique:
received: 08 02 2021
accepted: 10 07 2021
entrez: 21 8 2021
pubmed: 22 8 2021
medline: 22 8 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The United Nations' Sustainable Development Agenda calls for targeted attention to the needs and rights of the most vulnerable populations to ensure a life of dignity and human security for all. In this paper, we argue that persons with disabilities are in a disproportionately vulnerable situation in public health emergencies. By using the example of Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), we explain why that is and call for the systematic consideration of the needs and rights of persons with disabilities during the response to the outbreak and during the recovery phase. Otherwise, equity will continue to be merely an aspiration during this COVID-19 emergency - as it will in future health emergencies.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34416912
doi: 10.1186/s13690-021-00656-7
pii: 10.1186/s13690-021-00656-7
pmc: PMC8377454
doi:

Types de publication

Letter

Langues

eng

Pagination

148

Subventions

Organisme : World Health Organization
ID : 001
Pays : International

Informations de copyright

© 2021. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Alarcos Cieza (A)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Kaloyan Kamenov (K)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. kamenovk@who.int.

Ola Abu Al Ghaib (OA)

UN Partnership on Persons with Disabilities Fund, United Nations Development Program, New York, USA.

Alessandra Aresu (A)

International Disability and Development Consortium, Brussels, Belgium.

Somnath Chatterji (S)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Facundo Chavez (F)

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland.

Jarrod Clyne (J)

International Disability Alliance, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nathalie Drew (N)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Michelle Funk (M)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Andrea Guzman (A)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Eleonora Guzzi (E)

International Disability Alliance, Geneva, Switzerland.

Chapal Khasnabis (C)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Bente Mikkelsen (B)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Ren Minghui (R)

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Gopal Mitra (G)

Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations, New York, USA.

Priyanka Narahari (P)

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, New York, USA.

Gisela Nauk (G)

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut, Lebanon.

Alice Priddy (A)

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland.

Alaa Sabeh (A)

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut, Lebanon.

Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes (MSC)

Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General on Disability and Accessibility, New York, USA.

Javier Vasquez (J)

Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General on Disability and Accessibility, New York, USA.

Roxana Widmer-Iliescu (R)

International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland.

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