UN official urges inclusive care for disabled adolescents

Adolescents living with disabilities are among those most at risk of being left behind in health planning and service delivery, according to a senior United Nations official.

Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Subregional Office for the Caribbean Beatrice Mutali said young people with disabilities continue to face barriers to accessing essential health services and information.

“The WHO [World Health Organisation]… observed that some groups of adolescents fall outside planning and service delivery because they are less visible, socially marginalised or stigmatised, or have no advocates,” she said.