<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Appreciate this info dear Solo. Thank you<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 2 Apr 2020, at 10:16 AM, Soloveni Vitoso <<a href="mailto:infor@pacificdisability.org">infor@pacificdisability.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p style="text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 6px"><font style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><font color="#999999" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--For
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 6px; color:rgb(28,30,33)"><font style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
</span></span><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.internationaldisabilityalliance.org%2fcontent%2fcovid-19-and-disability-movement&c=E,1,V2LwVSKC01cZ9BxAlQ7HoLf-goaLBAPmEZuhMnE__qy1uhnKACALILhG3Om6HrrB9_Sd1x83fKuHHwBXheVwyxB_Zisg3UsJoXPK9K4r3PQHBQ,,&typo=1" title="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.internationaldisabilityalliance.org%2fcontent%2fcovid-19-and-disability-movement&c=E,1,V2LwVSKC01cZ9BxAlQ7HoLf-goaLBAPmEZuhMnE__qy1uhnKACALILhG3Om6HrrB9_Sd1x83fKuHHwBXheVwyxB_Zisg3UsJoXPK9K4r3PQHBQ,,&typo=1
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Alliance</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> has issued an open letter to the Director General of the World Health Organisation in response to
the </span></span><a class="gmail-_58cn" 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" style="color:rgb(56,88,152)"><span class="gmail-_5afx" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="gmail-_58cl gmail-_5afz" style="unicode-bidi: isolate; color: rgb(54, 88, 153); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#</span></span></span><span class="gmail-_58cm" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">COVID19</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> pandemic.</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:6px 0px; color:rgb(28,30,33)"><font style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:6px 0px; color:rgb(28,30,33)"><font style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The International
Disability Alliance</span></span><span class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> urges
the World Health Organization (WHO) to:</span></span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<li><font style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><font style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take
immediate action condemning any form of disability‐based or age‐based prioritisation in providing COVID‐19 medical care;</span></span></span></font></font></li><li><font style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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;</span></span></font></li><li><font style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deliver medical treatment triage decision‐making
criteria in full compliance with the principles of humanity including equal dignity and non‐discrimination for all."</span></span></font></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 6px"><font style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the full
letter: </span></span><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,dXmoo4IW3W_uCG6SMvEccNApU4cMteSs_KGhoLBunlXDiV9G6MWbkwK-YmpzObOPmV4igpFL2zSR4Vz1L7FRzE3h2Zc3h9OLqp7ow_6c5PB7JxVPZ6fgnw6i&typo=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color:rgb(56,88,152)"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://bit.ly/3azjJzN</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.
Please spread through your networks and share via social media on </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/IDA_CRPD_Forum/status/1245047882539032579?s=20" style=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twitter</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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