More than one billion. That’s how many people live with a disability around the world. One in six of us. When we factor in family members, friends, neighbors, and colleagues, we come to realize that ...
How to place disabled people, who are some of the most vulnerable, at the centre of climate change negotiations.
The curtain on my long-standing career as a public health service employee after more than a decade spent championing the health rights of the most vulnerable, has drawn to a close. But it closes with ...
After years of advocacy by the disability community and allied organizations, on September 26, 2023, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) designated disabled people ...
As the National Dental Commission (NDC) is revising the country’s dental curriculum, India can take the lead in introducing ...
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The event made the case that lasting change requires moving beyond cash transfers alone toward holistic, disability-inclusive ...
Nominated MP Dennitah Gati (left) talks to people living disability at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground in Kisumu on April 08, 2018. [File, Standard] For a long time, persons with disabilities in Kenya ...
NEW DELHI: Eighty per cent of persons with disabilities have no health insurance, and 53 per cent of those who apply allegedly face rejection, often without any explanation, according to a white paper ...