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

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 situation i...

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Autores principales: Cieza, Alarcos, Kamenov, Kaloyan, Al Ghaib, Ola Abu, Aresu, Alessandra, Chatterji, Somnath, Chavez, Facundo, Clyne, Jarrod, Drew, Nathalie, Funk, Michelle, Guzman, Andrea, Guzzi, Eleonora, Khasnabis, Chapal, Mikkelsen, Bente, Minghui, Ren, Mitra, Gopal, Narahari, Priyanka, Nauk, Gisela, Priddy, Alice, Sabeh, Alaa, Reyes, Maria Soledad Cisternas, Vasquez, Javier, Widmer-Iliescu, Roxana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8377454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34416912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00656-7
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Sumario: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 situation in public health emergencies. By using the example of Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), we explain why that is and call for the systematic consideration of the needs and rights of persons with disabilities during the response to the outbreak and during the recovery phase. Otherwise, equity will continue to be merely an aspiration during this COVID-19 emergency - as it will in future health emergencies. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13690-021-00656-7.

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