Disability considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)

Publication Date 

March 2020
13 pp

This overview gives actions for the disabled persons and their household, for governments, for healthcare workers , for disability service providers and for the community to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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https://www.who.int/publications-detail/disability-considerations-duri...
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/documents/disability/french-co... [French]
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/documents/disability/spanish-c... [Spanish]

Keywords 

Development/ Humanitarian; inclusive community mobilisation; pandemic; Disability and social diversity; persons with disabilities; Enabling environments; housing; Health; mental health; systems: leadership and governance; systems: service delivery

Regional Focus 

Worldwide

Accessibility 

screen reader friendly

Language 

English; French; Spanish

Type of material 

text

Content type 

newsletter and factsheet; factsheet; technical; recommendation

Publisher 

World Health Organization (WHO)