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The Global Health Progress initiative seeks to bring research-based biopharmaceutical companies and global health leaders together to improve health in the developing world.

outlook

July 15, 2008


Dorothea Rischewski GTZ, Germany

Christiane Noe
CBM, Germany

Catherine Naughton CBM, EU

Allen Foster CBM/LSHTM, London


Disability, Poverty, Development and Public Health: Part 2

 

Persons with disabilities have the right to access to healthcare and rehabilitation on an equal basis as others.

 

In May 2008, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) entered into force. This constitutes a legally binding international agreement reinforcing equal rights and opportunities for persons with disabilities. Article 25 of the convention stipulates the right to "the highest attainable standard of health without discrimination on the basis of disability." Article 26 calls for "the extension of comprehensive habilitation and rehabilitation services and programmes, particularly in the areas of health, employment, education and social services."

 

 

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from the field

July 14, 2008 - The developing world is disproportionately affected by the devastating affects of neglected tropical diseases. Learn what research-based biopharmaceutical companies are doing to fight these diseases.

 

July 8, 2008 - As one billion people suffer from preventable, treatable diseases around the world, Global Health Progress joins WHO and DNDi to call for increased commitments to fighting neglected tropical diseases.

Read the statement by Dr. Paul Antony, Global Health Progress Medical Director.