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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> crpd-forum@groups.io [mailto:crpd-forum@groups.io]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Talin Avades via groups.io<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 19 May 2020 6:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> crpd-forum@groups.io Group Moderators <crpd-forum@groups.io><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [crpd-forum] IDA & IDDC submit a written #Covid19 statement to 73rd Session of World Health Assembly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">Today, the <b>International Disability Alliance (IDA) and International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)</b> members have submitted a written statement to be considered
during the Seventy-third of the World Health Assembly taking place in Geneva.</span><span style="color:#1C1E21"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">"Together, we are monitoring the impact of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/covid19?__eep__=6&source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAz3MNq9yT1nj42vimpHrCzcwcHR2mTYGH-q8MjV7r-9-3W0wtYg5IVCaRb1n_nWpaGhwjSGrV_AywIbB7dzQg9dTGukUhYk68ybCQc9Y3IYp0IAcRRPVrlDNQsHhWCPIXgMGhDp5MhUMjycsnoEYd-po0UvfrESkFJ9q5KxK59DFdoxDWlE8_u8rleqhjYp2csnH4g-kIoeI8aRTrRd3PcjEEn8ZilA9UCRWHcd54wkrjWmo0mivS64nWow8Ufu6oIE3oenTP7j7RyDo2gdD7jAh86Tj3inAkbAMkwvcfdqoWI-Y9FHqts7MJWdDUS4OAdawHysFOR-Ws3FsR1BxG3cA&__tn__=%2ANK-R"><span class="gmail-58cl"><span style="color:#365899">#</span></span><span class="gmail-58cm"><span style="color:#385898">COVID19</span></span></a> on
persons with disabilities and using this evidence to strengthen the COVID-19 response and recovery.... We are deeply concerned about protocols and practices attaching less value to live<span class="gmail-textexposedshow">s and wellbeing of persons with disabilities
including triage protocols and practice.</span></span><span style="color:#1C1E21"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">We call on governments, health providers, United Nations agencies, and all actors to ensure:</span></b><span style="color:#1C1E21"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">Any policy, program, action or omission amounting to direct or indirect discrimination in accessing health care is prohibited, ended and remedied immediately;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">Communication on the COVID-19 outbreak, prevention measures and services, is truthful and provided in accessible formats reaching to all including girls,
boys, women and men with disabilities;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">Essential health services, including rehabilitation, psychosocial support and interpretation services in medical centers, are adapted to prevent the spread
of the virus and continue to operate."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21">Much more is included in our statement.
<a href="http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/discrimination-covid19">Read more by clicking here</a> and read the statements in Spanish and French. </span><span class="gmail-5afx"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#385898"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/disabilityc19?__eep__=6&source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAz3MNq9yT1nj42vimpHrCzcwcHR2mTYGH-q8MjV7r-9-3W0wtYg5IVCaRb1n_nWpaGhwjSGrV_AywIbB7dzQg9dTGukUhYk68ybCQc9Y3IYp0IAcRRPVrlDNQsHhWCPIXgMGhDp5MhUMjycsnoEYd-po0UvfrESkFJ9q5KxK59DFdoxDWlE8_u8rleqhjYp2csnH4g-kIoeI8aRTrRd3PcjEEn8ZilA9UCRWHcd54wkrjWmo0mivS64nWow8Ufu6oIE3oenTP7j7RyDo2gdD7jAh86Tj3inAkbAMkwvcfdqoWI-Y9FHqts7MJWdDUS4OAdawHysFOR-Ws3FsR1BxG3cA&__tn__=%2ANK-R"><span class="gmail-58cl"><span style="color:#365899">#</span></span><span class="gmail-58cm"><span style="color:#385898">DisabilityC19</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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