how health financing practices can be harnessed to promote the delivery of rehabilitation services is limited. This document is the first WHO resource on health financing for rehabilitation. It considers current practices for financing rehabilitation services, frames
major challenges and opportunities, and offers guidance to decision-makers engaged in strengthening…
Innovation and technology advancing disability rights : note / by Secretariat
The present note was prepared by the Secretariat in consultation with United Nations entities, representatives of civil society and other relevant stakeholders to facilitate the round-table discussion on the theme “Innovation and technology advancing disability rights”. The Secretariat hereby transmits the note, as approved by the Bureau of the Conference, to the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at its fifteenth session.
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United Nations
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https://digitallibrary.un.org
Publication Year:
2022
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English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese
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Awareness raising and advocacy, Report
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