Global report on children with developmental disabilities : from the margins to the mainstream World Health Organization and Unicef
Contributor(s): World Health Organization
| Unicef.
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BookPublisher: World Health Organization & Unicef, 2023Description: electronic document (116 pages) ; PDF file.ISBN: 978-92-4-008023-2 .Subject(s): -- CHILDREN | DISABLED PEOPLE | PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) | STATISTICS | YOUNG PEOPLE | INTERNATIONALOnline resources: Download report, PDF | Access the website | Download Executive summary, PDF Summary: Developmental disabilities are common. Yet, children with developmental disabilities have been neglected in health systems planning and policy provisions for health and continue to experience stigmatization, institutionalization, barriers to access health care and inequalities in health and education outcomes.
Using findings from research and practice and guided by the tenets of international human rights conventions, this WHO-UNICEF Global Report on children with developmental disabilities provides principles and approaches to intentionally include the needs and aspirations of children and young people with developmental disabilities in policy, programming and public health monitoring. It makes the case for greater accountability and proposes 10 priority actions to accelerate changes towards inclusive environments and responsive multisectoral care systems for children with developmental disabilities. (From the website).
See also the 24 page Executive summary Record #8377
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Developmental disabilities are common. Yet, children with developmental disabilities have been neglected in health systems planning and policy provisions for health and continue to experience stigmatization, institutionalization, barriers to access health care and inequalities in health and education outcomes.
Using findings from research and practice and guided by the tenets of international human rights conventions, this WHO-UNICEF Global Report on children with developmental disabilities provides principles and approaches to intentionally include the needs and aspirations of children and young people with developmental disabilities in policy, programming and public health monitoring. It makes the case for greater accountability and proposes 10 priority actions to accelerate changes towards inclusive environments and responsive multisectoral care systems for children with developmental disabilities. (From the website).
See also the 24 page Executive summary Record #8377
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