Towards Attaining the Highest Standard of Mental Health
Rising levels of inflation, debt and macrofiscal tightening are putting expenditures on the social sectors including health under immense scrutiny. Already, there are worrying signs of reductions in social sector investments. However, even before the pandemic, evidence showed the significant returns... on investments in health equity and its social determinants. Emerging data and trends show that these potential returns have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic - investments in social determinants can mitigate widespread reductions in human capital and the increasing likelihood of costly syndemics, while promoting access to healthcare innovations that have thus far been inequitably distributed. Therefore, we argue that, despite immediate fiscal pressures, this is exactly the time to invest in health equity and its broader social determinants, as the returns on such investments have never been greater.
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Women and girls with mental and intellectual disabilities were perceived to be most at risk of sexual violence, and family and service providers may only become aware of sexual violence against them when they become pregnant.
Discrimination by GBV service providers, family and community members was... the most common barrier to access. Inadequate transportation and inappropriate communication approaches were also common impediments.
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PLOS ONE | www.plosone.org 1
December 2013 | Volume 8 | Issue 12 | e82027
BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12:352
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/352
PART 2: The convention on the Rights of Persons with Disbilities, Chapter 15
As this report shows,
reports of child abuse and of children
witnessing violence between their
parents and caregivers have increased.
Ending violence against children is
increasingly within our reach. D
Adapted from Disability Task Force. General protections and inclusion principles of injured persons and people with disabilities
The State of the World’s Children 2013
Lancet Global Health Volume 6, ISSUE 2, Pe146-e147, February 01, 2018