Recommended actions

Preparedness Response Recovery
1. Assessment, analysis and planning
Include data disaggregated by sex, age and disability in the rapid risk assessment tool. Document the pre-crisis burden of disease and available care. X
Work with the community to identify persons with disabilities who have NCDs and who are isolated due to distance or stigma and discrimination. X X
Involve OPDs in identifying barriers that persons with disabilities face when they access essential medicines they require. Use the provisions for acute treatment of chronic conditions in the Interagency Emergency Health Kit. X X
Map and review protocols, guidelines and tools for managing NCDs and ensure they take account of and include persons with disabilities. X X
Map OPDs and related service providers for referral and support. X X
Ensure that intervention principles fully include persons with disabilities. Train health staff who work on integrated NCD management in emergencies to understand and implement the principles. X X X
2. Resource mobilization
Support the development of NCD-inclusive budgeting. Advocate for funds to cover the cost of making NCD services in emergencies available and accessible to persons with disabilities. X X
3. Implementation
Disseminate widely the Interagency Emergency Health Kit provision for the acute treatment of chronic conditions. Make sure it is available to persons with disabilities. X
Design and disseminate health promotion and patient education materials in multiple accessible formats (including oral, print, sign language, easy-to-read/plain language, large print, etc.). X X
Ensure that medicines, protocols and referrals for NCDs take account of the specific requirements of persons with disabilities (for example, treatments for epilepsy). X
Work with OPDs and disability-focused organizations to remove barriers that impede the effective and prompt delivery of NCD interventions to persons with disabilities. X X
4. Coordination
Ensure meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in NCD coordination mechanisms. X X
Ensure that health services coordinate intersectoral referrals for persons with disabilities who have NCD-related impairments. X
5. Monitoring and evaluation
Include disability-specific indicators in NCD monitoring tools and report on them. X
Monitor the inclusion of persons with disabilities in NCD programming and service delivery. X X X
Include NCD-specific indicators in rapid assessment tools, including Multi-Cluster/Sector Initial Rapid Assessment and other routine monitoring and evaluation tools. X X