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From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">'Talin Avades' via IDA Board</strong>
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 04:24<br>
Subject: [IDA Board: confidential] Update 1: IDA's letter to World Health Organisation in response to the #COVID19 pandemic<br>
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<div>Following on from <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.internationaldisabilityalliance.org%2fsites%2fdefault%2ffiles%2fida_letter_to_who_march_31_2020.pdf&c=E,1,k_EACBL0KDoyNcDPWHlvIkrxWaWZP4cJFPEViaRJOcBjApIJtz4zRS0MWIVCzscOXzAUD1SRPqQ4HTNhuBnaOwX-0dekZM6ij5VQuOEZE-Dt-mnO7ozp8RBuPA,,&typo=1" target="_blank">
our letter</a> to the Director-General of the World Health Organisation in response to the #COVID19 pandemic, we are writing to provide you with an update about the response from the WHO. </div>
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<div><b><u>What happened?</u></b></div>
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<li>On April 1, The International Disability Alliance issued an <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fbit.ly%2f3azjJzN&c=E,1,99QRzxyAkDXymBhvlsp6NSzeqLHdYgdhfw6g0GXbYjqwxLLJpFZ4_3_6lppTMMsIsRXmpfq5HoJ5ee6EAriK9hkPE0ra9rXA71vO3wiGAkitou7HevAd&typo=1" target="_blank">
open letter</a> to the Director General of the World Health Organisation in response to the #COVID19 pandemic.</li><li>The letter urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to: i) Take immediate action condemning any form of disability$B!>(Bbased or age$B!>(Bbased prioritisation in providing COVID$B!>(B19 medical care; ii) Encourage all governments to act immediately and to the maximum
of their available resources to ensure that no person is denied access to COVID$B!>(B19 vital medical care as well as life$B!>(Bsaving equipment or medicine on the basis of age and/or disability; and iii) Deliver medical treatment triage decision$B!>(Bmaking criteria in
full compliance with the principles of humanity including equal dignity and non$B!>(Bdiscrimination for all.</li></ul>
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<div><b><u>What has been the response?</u></b></div>
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<li>The Director General of the WHO, <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTedros" target="_blank">
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus</a> has <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1245435832175079424" target="_blank">issued the following Tweet yesterday</a>: "Thank you, @IDA_CRPD_Forum, for your urgent letter & strong collaboration with @WHO. #COVID19 poses
a global threat & people with #disability must not be left behind in the response. All people need to be protected, regardless of whether or not they experience disability."</li><li>He continued by stating: ".@WHO joins @IDA_CRPD_Forum's call on governments to ensure that their #COVID19 response is inclusive of people with #disability, that they are not discriminated against in medical decision-making, and that their rights are protected." </li><li>He also shared the <a href="https://www.who.int/who-documents-detail/disability-considerations-during-the-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">
WHO's Disability considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak</a>.</li></ul>
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<div><b><u>What can I do?</u></b></div>
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<li>IDA sees this as acknowledgement from the WHO to recognise that persons with disabilities should not be discriminated against in the COVID19 response, and as explicit condemnation against practices that discriminate. We encourage our partners to use this
step forward in your advocacy and messaging purposes. </li><li>You can <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1245435832175079424" target="_blank">
access the tweet and its thread here</a> and share it with your networks. </li><li>Let us know if you have been using the letter in your advocacies and if you have accomplished impact with your National<br>
Ministries of Health! We will collate and use these as impact examples! You can let us know by email to
<a href="mailto:eyoussefian@ida-secretariat.org" target="_blank">eyoussefian@ida-secretariat.org</a>.<br>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>International Disability Alliance</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 13:42, Talin Avades <<a href="mailto:tavades@ida-secretariat.org" target="_blank">tavades@ida-secretariat.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 6px; color:rgb(28,30,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b>The
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.internationaldisabilityalliance.org%2fcontent%2fcovid-19-and-disability-movement&c=E,1,sc3JkWPzp5K06PTmssHU8awacllSB5Kqt57rGHGVy5a5X1ML_5ckN3Km3oQ9PR51y30eppy5aJ7tcZDJ7HnIq8UwN21ZWRWDmUZ9blH2ViSkwkHOnR29lPF8Rg,,&typo=1" target="_blank">
International Disability Alliance</a> has issued an open letter to the Director General of the World Health Organisation in response to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/covid19?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBnFY5V9r2bjF7HuXewDGyeAdLdmbwTl-mcUaLgp0SBF2HAzdqayFuEc1VhlSRWiwzsyaFmirFVFmW7_WquaoyW98ojbvbAiWk0iHezzjB79CgVzqPca2bQTpJtxOOygSWe2oo1Z_uY34UqVcY7l4NmTZlH72Bgvlrt2FHluQFou-WU_WvPOrKYZekqxturBDESsYtQhdZzMiKJjc1kCgvsvvVVuMWKWDd5ULmPy2otyv5IlWOb_JXHL1kK8kacAzqLe9yQfo_FzcJIwYbqtDe-M1q4JWi8bAdRkMJ72zOKl5Ro10-G7T3-Vi-n8mPKu4ADmjC78tS1CHTtYY-x_uCn5Q&__tn__=%2ANK-R" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152)"><span style="direction:ltr; unicode-bidi:isolate"><span style="unicode-bidi:isolate; color:rgb(54,88,153)">#</span><span>COVID19</span></span></a> pandemic.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:6px 0px; color:rgb(28,30,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">We are receiving information on discriminatory treatment of persons with disabilities when accessing emergency services. We are aware that criteria such as $B!F(Bdependency$B!G(B and
$B!F(Bfrailty$B!G(B are used in several contexts to deny treatment, reflecting that the lives of persons with disabilities are less of a priority than others.</font></p>
<p style="margin:6px 0px; color:rgb(28,30,33)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">The International Disability Alliance<span style="display:inline"> urges the World Health Organization (WHO) to:<br>
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<li><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="display:inline">Take immediate action condemning any form of disability$B!>(Bbased or age$B!>(Bbased prioritisation in providing COVID$B!>(B19 medical care;</span></font></font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Encourage all governments to act immediately and to the maximum of their available resources to ensure that no person is denied access to COVID$B!>(B19 vital medical care as well as life$B!>(Bsaving equipment or medicine on
the basis of age and/or disability;</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Deliver medical treatment triage decision$B!>(Bmaking criteria in full compliance with the principles of humanity including equal dignity and non$B!>(Bdiscrimination for all."</font></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 6px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Read the full letter: <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.internationaldisabilityalliance.org%2fsites%2fdefault%2ffiles%2fida_letter_to_who_march_31_2020.pdf&c=E,1,UTWFdl0g5Y1lvSCeYsU9Ljg6Kg6UL2Bx4ICWfrYU7xMi9eyEOUJGeRZi_03qThCL2JXO47t0gUhYrl8O_4mvk2pP1BcqkHB91PYVD_-qp49J2X8fXbiz&typo=1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152)">https://bit.ly/3azjJzN</a>.
Please spread through your networks and share via social media on <a href="https://twitter.com/IDA_CRPD_Forum/status/1245047882539032579?s=20" target="_blank">
Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/InternationalDisabilityAllianceIDA/posts/2822601357818431" target="_blank">
Facebook</a>. </font></p>
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