The World Report on Disability, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank, with contributions from over 380 experts, calls for the elimination of barriers that often force the people with disabilities to “the margins of society”. The report suggests that more than one billion people in the world today experience disability.
People with disabilities have generally poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. This is largely due to the lack of services available to them and the many obstacles they face in their everyday lives. The report provides the best available evidence about what works to overcome barriers to health care, rehabilitation, education, employment, and support services, and to create the environments which will enable people with disabilities to flourish. The report ends with a concrete set of recommended actions for governments and their partners.
Full report (PDF 349pp)
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Also available in an “easy read” version and hard copy (ISBN: 9 789 241 564 182 Price: CHF 40 / US$ 48 paperback)
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