Portal about disability and the south

 

“ States Parties recognize that persons with disabilities have the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without discrimination on the basis of disability. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure access for persons with disabilities to health services that are gender sensitive, including health-related rehabilitation.”

 

Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, article 25 (extract)

 

Handicap & Health

Child mortality


Maternal mortality


HIV/AIDS, fatal diseases