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Disability and COVID-19: ensuring no one is left behind

2021; BioMed Central; Volume: 79; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s13690-021-00656-7

2049-3258

Alarcos Cieza, Kaloyan Kamenov, Ola Abu Al Ghaib, Alessandra Aresu, Somnath Chatterji, Facundo Chavez, Jarrod Clyne, Nathalie Drew, Michelle Funk, Andrea Guzman, Eleonora Guzzi, Chapal Khasnabis, Bente Mikkelsen, Minghui Ren, Gopal Mitra, Priyanka Narahari, Gisela Nauk, Alice Priddy, Alaa Sabeh, María Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Javier G Palma Vásquez, Roxana Widmer-Iliescu,

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Abstract The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Agenda calls for targeted attention to the needs and rights of the most vulnerable populations to ensure a life of dignity and human security for all. In this paper, we argue that persons with disabilities are in a disproportionately vulnerable situation in public health emergencies. By using the example of Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), we explain why that is and call for the systematic consideration of the needs and rights of persons with disabilities during the response to the outbreak and during the recovery phase. Otherwise, equity will continue to be merely an aspiration during this COVID-19 emergency - as it will in future health emergencies.