Recommended actions

Preparedness Response Recovery
1. Assessment, analysis and planning
Disaggregate national surveys and health surveillance by sex, age and disability. X
Include disability-related data, disaggregated by sex and age, in demographic and health surveys. X
Map the availability of relevant health services, including physical rehabilitation, occupational therapy and orthopaedic workshops. X
2. Resource mobilization
Develop, communicate and deliver trainings on disability-related data collection methodologies that have been tested in humanitarian contexts, such as the Washington Group Short Set of Disability Questions and the UNICEF-Washington Group Child Functioning Module. X X
Train staff that collect data on health infrastructure to document its accessibility to persons with disabilities. X X
3. Implementation
Design a health information management system that disaggregates data by sex, age and disability. X X
Design health registers for use in health facilities, and in outreach and home-based care, that collect data on sex, age and disability. X X
Train health workers to collect data on sex, age and disability and to audit the accessibility of health facilities. X X X
4. Coordination
Require reporting to include disability-specific indicators. X X
5. Monitoring and evaluation
Require monitoring and evaluation tools to include disability-specific indicators. X X