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

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

Abstract 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 si...

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Main Authors: Consortium “United Nations workstream on COVID-19 disability inclusive health response and recovery”, Alarcos Cieza, Kaloyan Kamenov, Ola Abu Al Ghaib, Alessandra Aresu, Somnath Chatterji, Facundo Chavez, Jarrod Clyne, Nathalie Drew, Michelle Funk, Andrea Guzman, Eleonora Guzzi, Chapal Khasnabis, Bente Mikkelsen, Ren Minghui, Gopal Mitra, Priyanka Narahari, Gisela Nauk, Alice Priddy, Alaa Sabeh, Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Javier Vasquez, Roxana Widmer-Iliescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
Subjects:
Covid-19
Disability
Health systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00656-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00656-7

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