World Report on Disability: 10 years on
Join us as we bring together editors of the World Report on Disability and disability advocates to discuss how the World Report contributed and find out where the World Health Organization is going next.
Published on June 10th, 2011, the World Health Organization-World Bank World Report on Disability was the first document to review the global picture on the lives of people with disabilities, and pioneered the 15% prevalence estimate, corresponding to one billion people.
This report highlighted barriers to health, rehabilitation, environments, education and employment, experienced by people with disabilities. Now, 10 years on, we ask: “How far have we come, and did the World Report on Disability make a difference?”
Programme and speakers
- 13.00: Welcome
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Chair
Professor Tom Shakespeare, LSHTM
Bio
Tom co-authored and co-edited the World Report on Disability and is co-Director of the International Centre for Evidence in Disability at LSHTM.
- 13.05: How did we make the World Report on Disability?
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Speaker
Alana Officer, World Health Organization
Bio
Alana is Unit Head of Demographic Change and Healthy Ageing at the World Health Organization. From 2007-2014 she was Coordinator for the Disability and Rehabilitation Team, leading the development of the World Report on Disability, as well as the WHO global disability action plan 2014-2021: Better health for all people with disability.
- 13.25: What difference did the World Report make on the ground?
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Speaker
Faustina Urassa, Founder and CEO of Songambele
Bio
Faustina is a disability rights activist and Master Peer trainer for people with disabilities in Africa. She founded Songambele in Tanzania, an organisation promoting the health, education, awareness and social inclusion for people with disabilities.
- 13.35: The World Health Organization’s next steps on disability
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Speaker
Alarcos Cieza, World Health Organization
Bio
Alarcos is Unit Head of Blindness and Deafness Prevention, Disability and Rehabilitation at the World Health Organization, and oversees the organisation’s work on vision, hearing, rehabilitation and disability.
- 13.50: Q&A panel discussion
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Chair
Professor Tom Shakespeare, LSHTM
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