There are 1.3 billion people with disabilities globally
Yet when accessing healthcare, they still face major barriers.
The Missing Billion Initiative is system-change catalyst aiming to improve the health of persons with disabilities by 2030.
In all regions of the world, persons with disabilities
• Have greater health care needs
• Face greater challenges to access care
• Experience worse health outcomes
For example they are
3x
more likely to be denied health care
4x
more likely to be treated badly
50%
more likely to suffer catastrophic health expenditure
3x
more likely to have Diabetes
2x
more likely to have HIV/AIDS
2x
more likely to be malnourished and mortality rate
As a result, they face staggering 10-20 year life expectancy gap
Why this matters
• Quality health access for all is international law
• Health access is essential for ensuring highest quality of life and well-being for everyone
• Designing health systems for people with disabilities improves health services for everyone
• UHC and SDG 3 are unattainable without better health services for the 1.3 billion people with disabilities
By 2030, the Missing Billion Initiative will have achieved the following:
• 20 national governments will have addressed access barriers in service delivery
• All ~$20bn annual global health donor funding has a "disability" lens
Through that we will in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and one other region significantly increase the coverage of key interventions for people with disabilities, and through that narrow the gap in life expectancy for 100-200 million people.
