Actions need to be taken to ensure that people with disability can always access the health-care services, water and sanitation services and public health information they require, including during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Under the newly established Africa Trust Fund on Disability, World Bank-UNICEF and USAID are jointly organizing a series of 3 webinars on the topic of disability-inclusive education.
The education crisis resulting from COVID-19 presents an opportunity to adopt a multi-sectoral, disability-inclusive approach to build stronger, more inclusive systems.
by Dipan Bose, Patricio V. Marquez and Soames Job
Road crashes are among the most significant public health issues of the century; they account for 97 percent of deaths across all modes of transport...
Our standard approaches have had limited success in persuading people to adopt healthier behaviors. Information alone does not usually lead to behavior-change. New and growing evidence points to a different way of approaching behavior-change, and not only in the health sector. The challenge is to adapt this new knowledge and use it in design of reforms for UHC.