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The report offers a snapshot of the drivers behind the persistent exclusion of persons with disabilities and proposes a framework to build an actionable agenda building on promising practices available in the region. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the urgent need to build more inclusive and res... more
The report examines how people with mental health conditions are often shackled by families in their own homes or in overcrowded and unsanitary institutions, against their will, due to widespread stigma and a lack of mental health services. Many are forced to eat, sleep, urinate, and defecate in t... more
This report found that many people with disabilities enter institutions as children and remain there for their entire lives. Most of these institutions visited by Human Rights Watch researchers did not provide for more than people’s basic needs, such as food and hygiene, with scarce contact with t... more

Epilepsy in Latin America

Kestel, D., et al. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2016) C_WHO
Conference Report Sao Paulo, Brazil 22-24 October 2015
Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, Vol.25 (2014) pp.72-81 This article highlights some lessons about the strategy of community-based inclusive education, drawn from different programmes in Latin America.
Also published in Spanish (2013) with the title: Informe sobre la epilepsia en América Latina y el Caribe - ISBN 978-92-75-31776-1
Int Health. 2012 December 1; 4(4): 253–259. doi:10.1016/j.inhe.2012.07.001
Epilepsy is one of the world’s most common chronic neurological disorders. Roughly 50 million people suffer from it, 5 million of them in the Region of the Americas . Nevertheless, it is estimated that over 50% of these people in Latin America and the Caribbean have no access to services. Furthe... more
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salud pública de méxico / vol. 50, suplemento 2 de 2008, pp.167-177. In response to the emerging global concern regarding health and people with intellectual disabilities (ID), several developed countries have established national initiatives to address the unique health needs of this population ... more