[PDFlist] International Disability Alliance issues letter to World Health Organisation in response to the #COVID19 pandemic

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> On 2 Apr 2020, at 10:16 AM, Soloveni Vitoso <infor at pacificdisability.org> wrote:
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>> The International Disability Alliance has issued an open letter to the Director General of the World Health Organisation in response to the #COVID19 pandemic.
>> We are receiving information on discriminatory treatment of persons with disabilities when accessing emergency services. We are aware that criteria such as ‘dependency’ and ‘frailty’ are used in several contexts to deny treatment, reflecting that the lives of persons with disabilities are less of a priority than others.
>> The International Disability Alliance urges the World Health Organization (WHO) to:
>> Take immediate action condemning any form of disability‐based or age‐based prioritisation in providing COVID‐19 medical care;
>> Encourage all governments to act immediately and to the maximum of their available resources to ensure that no person is denied access to COVID‐19 vital medical care as well as life‐saving equipment or medicine on the basis of age and/or disability;
>> Deliver medical treatment triage decision‐making criteria in full compliance with the principles of humanity including equal dignity and non‐discrimination for all."
>> Read the full letter: https://bit.ly/3azjJzN. Please spread through your networks and share via social media on Twitter and Facebook. 
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