Join the conference: Achieving health equity for all in global development

Good health and well-being are important to enable every person to build a good and meaningful life. The world is still far from realizing health rights for the 16 % of the global population, who has a disability.

Persons with disabilities continue to die earlier, have poorer health and experience more limitations in their everyday life than others. They face unfair conditions in all facets of life. Addressing health inequities benefits everyone.

The conference focuses on identifying actions to increase health equity for persons with disabilities as a prerequisite for ensuring inclusion of persons with disabilities in global development and humanitarian actions.

The conference takes a dive into the WHO Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities as a point of departure for addressing health inequities for persons with disabilities as a precondition for other development aims.

Break-out sessions looking to identify entry points to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities within focus areas such as how to include persons with disabilities in interventions addressing gender inequalities such as in gender based violence, sexual and reproductive health rights; how to ensure and protect the health of persons with disabilities in humanitarian actions and nexus interventions; and how to limit the disproportional serious consequences of climate change for persons with disabilities.

WHO report

Find the WHO report on health equity for persons with disabilities here

Overall Programme

The programme may be subject to adjustments and will be updated as the speakers of the conference are confirmed.

• 09.30 – 10.00: Arrival and registration
• 10.00 – 10.35: Welcome speeches, key note speech by minister for development cooperation and global climate (tbc)
• 10.35 – 12.00: The Global Report on Health Equity for persons with disabilities, presentation by WHO
• 12.00 – 13.10: Panel Fostering intersectionality to achieve health equity and the SDG’s
• 13.10 – 14.10: Lunch
• 14.10 – 16.50: Break-out sessions: Challenges and entry points to promote disability inclusion and health equity in development and humanitarian programmes:
  • Gender and disability – SHSR and GBV
  • Health and disability in humanitarian development nexus
  • Climate, health and disability
• 16.50 – 17.00: Wrap up, followed by reception with food and drinks, hosted by DPOD

Place and directions

The House of Disability Organisations is an accessible office building situated in Hoeje Taastrup 5 minutes walk from the Hoeje Taastrup train station. There is a large parking lot right in front of the building with level-free access to the building and conference room.

Registration

Click here to register to the event

Conference hosts

The conference is hosted by DPOD and IDDC and held in connection with the IDDC general assembly.

Picture credits: Mike Kollöffel