Disability Considerations During The Outbreak: COVID-19
Disability Considerations During The Outbreak: COVID-19
Disability Considerations During The Outbreak: COVID-19
considerations
during
the COVID-19
outbreak
On 30 January 2020, the World Health
COVID-19 Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a
www.who.int/
emergencies/
novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be a
diseases/novel- Public Health Emergency of International Concern
coronavirus-2019 (PHEIC), due to the speed and scale of
transmission.
NCDs and mental
health WHO and public health authorities around the
www.who.int/ncds world are taking action to contain the COVID-19
www.who.int/mental_
outbreak.1 Certain populations, such as those with
health
disability, may be impacted more significantly by
Disability COVID-19. This impact can be mitigated if
www.who.int/health- appropriate actions and protective measures are
topics/disability
taken by key stakeholders.
1 https://www.who.int/publications-detail/critical-preparedness-readiness-and-response-actions-
for-covid-19
COVID-19
2 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
COVID-19
3 https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/330987/WHO-nCov-IPC_Masks-2020.1-eng.
pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
4 Telehealth involves the use of telecommunications and virtual technology to deliver health care
outside of traditional health-care facilities
5 https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/mental-health-considerations.
pdf?sfvrsn=6d3578af_2
6 https://www.who.int/who-documents-detail/covid-19-and-ncds
COVID-19
7 https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/330987/WHO-nCov-IPC_Masks-2020.1-eng.
pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
COVID-19
8 Disability service providers in the community may include agencies that provide caregiver
services, specialized employment opportunities, or specialized therapies and consultation to
people with disability.
9 Institutional settings include prisons, psychiatric hospitals and care homes.
COVID-19
− nsure that people with disability who are homeless are provided with
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water, food, shelter and health care on an equal basis with others and
are able to exercise basic protective measures against contracting
COVID-19.
− nsure that the needs of people with disability are considered in
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readiness and response operations for the COVID-19 outbreak in
humanitarian settings, including those living in situations of forced
displacement, in refugee or migrant camps, informal settlements and
urban slums.
10 https://www.who.int/ethics/publications/infectious-disease-outbreaks/en/
COVID-19
11 https://www.who.int/publications-detail/infection-prevention-and-control-during-health-care-
when-novel-coronavirus-(ncov)-infection-is-suspected-20200125
12 https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331695/WHO-2019-nCov-IPC_PPE_use-2020.3-
eng.pdf
COVID-19
13 https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331508/WHO-2019-nCoV-IPC_long_term_care-
2020.1-eng.pdf
14 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
15 http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/434026/Preparedness-prevention-and-
control-of-COVID-19-in-prisons.pdf?ua=1
COVID-19
16 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
17 https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/getting-workplace-ready-for-covid-19.
pdf?sfvrsn=359a81e7_6
18 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-
busters