The Missing Billion Initiative

The Missing Billion is dedicated to transforming health systems so they ensure better access and outcomes for everyone, including people with disabilities.

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Check out our newest blog to hear how Lwala partnered with the @_missingbillion Initiative to answer the question: how can we best equip CHWs to identify, treat, and refer patients with disabilities?

Read it here🖇️🌍: https://t.co/3qKV7V0vdC

[Mohamed bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity @mbz_foundation]

This year’s #WHA77 theme of ‘All for Health, Health for All’ has never been more timely. Don’t miss this critical conversation on what disability #InclusiveHealth means, and how we can unite to achieve it.

Scan the code in the flyer to register.

[Special Olympics SN @sosenegal]

La santé est un droit universel, rappelé par le thème 2024 de la Journée Mondiale de la Santé: "Notre santé, nos droits"
Francis Ayomoh nous présente les résultats des études menées sur la santé des personnes handicapées par @_missingbillion .
@SO_Africa
https://t.co/ZUd6i1g36N

[The Missing Billion Initiative @_missingbillion]

find further details in the pre-print of this work here: https://t.co/8aHqgyd8H7 @DanaeRodriguezG @hannahkuper1 @PhyllisHeydt

[The Missing Billion Initiative @_missingbillion]

Significant impact! 👏 Following a health system assessment in Chile, using our System Level Assessment Toolkit, the Ministry of Health announced the design of a National Policy on Inclusive Health for People with Disabilities➡️ https://t.co/15mZpIx1Nq @ministeriosalud

[The Missing Billion Initiative @_missingbillion]

@this_ability_ke @ATInnovateNow @CBM_Global @rhodes_trust #SkollWF #Disability #GlobalHealth

[The Missing Billion Initiative @_missingbillion]

🗓️ Join us at the #Skoll World Forum! We are hosting an event to discuss how health systems can better include the people with disabilities. Come learn from experts in the field @ekaprastwied @Benshira @lizziekiama & @SaraRotenberg

⏰ April 11, 9-10am
➡️ https://t.co/14tLoZ8KJG

[Muhammad Ali Pate @muhammadpate]

The expected outcomes of our Health Sector Renewal Investment Program were carefully benchmarked on disability-adjusted life years (DALY) indicators, considering the rising percentage of vulnerable and physically challenged groups among Nigeria’s population.

The program aligns with Nigeria’s ratification and commitment to implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which guarantees the rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons with disabilities to respect and dignity in accessing quality healthcare. The Convention underpins a key pillar of Mr. President’s, @officialABAT, Renewed Hope Agenda to provide equitable and quality healthcare for all Nigerians as a matter of right and urgency.

On Tuesday, we inaugurated the Steering Committee for the Disability Inclusive Health Initiative, highlighting the barriers faced by people with disabilities when accessing healthcare in Nigeria.

With about 15-20% of our population living with disabilities, we aim to ensure that our efforts to provide an efficient, equitable, and quality health system do not leave out any citizen of our country.

The Committee will provide actionable recommendations on how we can better support persons living with disabilities by enforcing anti-discrimination laws and ensuring the rights of people with disabilities, especially as they pertain to healthcare, are upheld.

We value the insights from the SSA to the President on Disability, @AimohT, and other partners like the Missing Billions Initiative, @_missingbillion, and @McKforSociety. Their recommendation for a cross-ministerial approach to enhance healthcare access, provide assistive technologies, and implement rapid diagnostic services are crucial for supporting PWDs and other marginalized groups.

We also commend the ongoing efforts by @Fmohnigeria, @NphcdaNG, @NhisNg, the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development @fmha_pa, @NcpwdOfficial and other government agencies to improve access to quality care, health insurance, and social welfare services.

Our shared commitment to promoting effective policies and boosting investments in targeted programs will address physical infrastructure challenges, eliminate communication barriers, and break down stereotypes that hinder PWDs’ access to quality healthcare and social welfare services.

[ICED @ICED_LSHTM]

Our co-director, @hannahkuper1, is in Nigeria for the launch of the National Steering Committee on Disability Inclusive Healthcare!

Read more about Nigeria's ambitious plans for disability inclusion in health: https://t.co/wCT6COS9c0

@_missingbillion @muhammadpate

[ICED @ICED_LSHTM]

How can we improve disability data in healthcare?

@hannahkuper1 @IslayMactaggart @SaraRotenberg contributed to a new report with @McKinsey Health Institute and @_missingbillion to improve disability and health data.

Check out the full report here:
https://t.co/E0LLgbVi36

[The Missing Billion Initiative @_missingbillion]

⏰Today: Tune into our webinar to learn about assessing health systems on disability inclusion

8am EST / 1 pm GMT / 4pm EAT

Link to the Zoom webinar: https://t.co/wSjX59oEkw

[The Missing Billion Initiative @_missingbillion]

Webinar upcoming!

🎯 Find out all about how to assess health systems against disability inclusion

📅 March 4, 8am EST/1 pm BST/4pm EAT

📢 Zoom webinar at https://t.co/wSjX59oEkw

Join @hannahkuper1 and an exciting group of speakers working with MBI's tools.

[The Missing Billion Initiative @_missingbillion]

Webinar upcoming!

🎯 Find out all about how to assess health systems against disability inclusion

📅 March 4, 8am EST/1 pm BST/4pm EAT

📢 Zoom webinar at https://t.co/wSjX59oEkw

Join @hannahkuper1 and an exciting group of speakers working with MBI's tools.

[Healthy DEvelopments @HealthyDEvs]

What will it take to bridge the health gap for people with disabilitie &provide access to assistive technology for all who need it? Read on for more from @WorldHealthSmt ‘Reimagining Universal Health Coverage to Leave No One Behind’#WHS2023 #OneHealth
https://t.co/ugWBYfKCz9

[CHAI @CHAI_health]

ICYMI the #WorldHealthSummit session on "Reimagining Universal Health Coverage to Leave No One Behind" is available here: https://t.co/TeSxqyDJ7Z
#InclusiveHealth @WorldHealthSmt @_ATscale @cbmWorldwide @_missingbillion @CHAI_health @SpecialOlympics @giz_gmbh @_ATscale

[ATscale @_ATscale]

Many people saying our #WHS2023 session was the best one they had been to! #inclusivehealth @cbmDeutschland @_missingbillion @SpecialOlympics @CHAI_health

[Nujeen Mustafa @NujeenMustafa]

An eventful first time at the #whs2023 where I had the pleasure of co moderating a session disability inclusion in #UHR.

[Bjoern Koehler @HA_Eurasia]

"I would like to see access to health system, health care provider training and more advocacy for improved health system for people with intellectual disability" says @SpecialOlympics health messenger at #WHS2023 #inclusivehealth #UHC #HealthEquity #BMZ_Bund

[Angie Chang, DNP, MS, RN, CHES @AngieChang22]

Day 3: Fredrick Msigallah emphasizes how community-based programs are key to including persons with disability in the achievement of #UHC

Disability inclusion needs to be part of ALL service programs implemented #disabilityinclusion #HealthEquity #WHS2023

[Bjoern Koehler @HA_Eurasia]

"people with disabilities die 10-20 years earlier than the non disabled population - not because of the disability but through the lack of solid health systems" says Dr. Adriane Hildebrandt of BMZ #inclusivhealth @soeuropeeurasia #WHS2023

[Nujeen Mustafa @NujeenMustafa]

“Not a single country in the world can say they have UHC if they don’t include disability…the mission is still underway.” -Nujeen
#whs2023