Apr 24, 2026 · The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.

Dec 17, 2025 · WHO's work on disability Disability is part of being human. An estimated 1.3 billion people – about 16% of the global population – currently experience significant disability. This number …

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, known more commonly as ICF, is a classification of health and health-related domains. As the functioning and disability of an individual …

Jun 22, 2023 · Disability is a major public health issue in the Western Pacific Region, with more than 15% of the population experiencing long-term, significant disability. The prevalence of disability has …

Sep 30, 2025 · The WHO Disability Health Equity Initiative is a new WHO Initiative, launched in June 2025, which aims to advance health equity for persons with disabilities. There are more than 1.3 …

Mar 7, 2023 · WHO fact sheet on disability and health provides key facts and information on unmet needs for health care, secondary conditions, how lives of disabled people affected, barriers to health …

Feb 10, 2026 · WHO fact sheet on blindness and visual impairment providing key facts, definitions, causes, who is at risk, global and WHO response.

Sep 30, 2025 · The WHO Disability Health Equity initiative aims to close the avoidable health gaps between persons with disabilities and the broader population.

The latest global, regional and country-level estimates of cause-specific disability-adjusted life year (DALYs), years of life lost (YLL) and years lost due to disability (YLD) for the year 2000, 2010, 2015, …

Mar 7, 2023 · Health equity for persons with disabilities is a global health priority – 1 in 6 people worldwide has significant disability, and this number is expected to increase.